#B1272B#B1272B

#B1272B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.174 H 24.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1272B
RGB	rgb(177, 39, 43)
HSL	hsl(358, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(358, 78%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78%, 75.7%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.54, 54.47, 32.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.54, 63.61, 31.10°)
OKLab	oklab(49.99% 0.1578 0.0734)
OKLCH	oklch(49.99% 0.174 24.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.2953, 10.9756, 3.3876)
Luminance	0.1097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1272B #27B1AD

analogous

#B12770 #B1272B #B16827

triadic

#B1272B #2BB127 #272BB1

tetradic

#B1272B #70B127 #27B1AD #6827B1

square

#B1272B #70B127 #27B1AD #6827B1

split-complementary

#B1272B #27B168 #2770B1

monochromatic

#4D1113 #7F1C1F #B1272B #D54045 #E07276

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.57

#B1272B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.19

#B1272B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B1272B

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1272B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B1272B	1.00	6.57	3.19	6.57
#FFFFFF	6.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524A2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746826

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1272b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 39, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.174 24.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d16e64',
    500: '#b1272b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1272b;
$custom-light: #d16e64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1272b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.261,
    "s": 63.889,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49986,
    "c": 0.17407,
    "h": 24.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.10973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1272B

secondary

#6DC7C4

accent

#E7E241

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160805

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1272B

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

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