#B1272A#B1272A

#B1272A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.174 H 25.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1272A
RGB	rgb(177, 39, 42)
HSL	hsl(359, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(359, 78%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78%, 76.3%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.53, 54.43, 33.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.53, 63.87, 31.56°)
OKLab	oklab(49.97% 0.1575 0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(49.97% 0.174 25.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.2772, 10.9684, 3.2921)
Luminance	0.1096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1272A #27B1AE

analogous

#B1276F #B1272A #B16927

triadic

#B1272A #2AB127 #272AB1

tetradic

#B1272A #6FB127 #27B1AE #6927B1

square

#B1272A #6FB127 #27B1AE #6927B1

split-complementary

#B1272A #27B169 #276FB1

monochromatic

#4D1112 #7F1C1E #B1272A #D54043 #E07275

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.58

#B1272A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.19

#B1272A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B1272A

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1272A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B1272A	1.00	6.58	3.19	6.58
#FFFFFF	6.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524A28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746825

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1272a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 39, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.174 25.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d16e64',
    500: '#b1272a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1272a;
$custom-light: #d16e64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1272a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.696,
    "s": 63.889,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49973,
    "c": 0.17418,
    "h": 25.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.10965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1272A

secondary

#6DC7C5

accent

#E7E341

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160805

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1272A

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

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