#B1272E#B1272E

#B1272E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.174 H 23.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1272E
RGB	rgb(177, 39, 46)
HSL	hsl(357, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(357, 78%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78%, 74%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.58, 54.59, 31.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.58, 62.83, 29.68°)
OKLab	oklab(50.03% 0.1589 0.0703)
OKLCH	oklch(50.03% 0.174 23.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.3524, 10.9984, 3.6882)
Luminance	0.1100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1272E #27B1AA

analogous

#B12773 #B1272E #B16527

triadic

#B1272E #2EB127 #272EB1

tetradic

#B1272E #73B127 #27B1AA #6527B1

square

#B1272E #73B127 #27B1AA #6527B1

split-complementary

#B1272E #27B165 #2773B1

monochromatic

#4D1114 #7F1C21 #B1272E #D54048 #E07278

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.56

#B1272E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.20

#B1272E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B1272E

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1272E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B1272E	1.00	6.56	3.20	6.56
#FFFFFF	6.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514A2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736829

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1272e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 39, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.174 23.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d16e67',
    500: '#b1272e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1272e;
$custom-light: #d16e67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1272e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.957,
    "s": 63.889,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50027,
    "c": 0.17376,
    "h": 23.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.10995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1272E

secondary

#6DC7C3

accent

#E7DE41

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160806

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1272E

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

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