#B12727#B12727

#B12727 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.175 H 26.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B12727
RGB	rgb(177, 39, 39)
HSL	hsl(0, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(0, 78%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78%, 78%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.49, 54.31, 35.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.49, 64.69, 32.90°)
OKLab	oklab(49.94% 0.1565 0.0773)
OKLCH	oklch(49.94% 0.175 26.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.2255, 10.9477, 3.0199)
Luminance	0.1095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B12727 #27B1B1

analogous

#B1276C #B12727 #B16C27

triadic

#B12727 #27B127 #2727B1

tetradic

#B12727 #6CB127 #27B1B1 #6C27B1

square

#B12727 #6CB127 #27B1B1 #6C27B1

split-complementary

#B12727 #27B16C #276CB1

monochromatic

#4D1111 #7F1C1C #B12727 #D54040 #E07272

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.59

#B12727 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.19

#B12727 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B12727

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B12727	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B12727	1.00	6.59	3.19	6.59
#FFFFFF	6.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524A25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746821

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C30029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b12727;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 39, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.175 26.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d16e62',
    500: '#b12727',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b12727;
$custom-light: #d16e62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b12727",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 63.889,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49936,
    "c": 0.17453,
    "h": 26.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.10945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B12727

secondary

#6DC7C7

accent

#E7E741

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FCEDEA

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160805

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B12727

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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