#B12742#B12742

#B12742 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.173 H 15.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B12742
RGB	rgb(177, 39, 66)
HSL	hsl(348, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(348, 78%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78%, 62.7%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.91, 55.64, 19.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.91, 58.84, 19.00°)
OKLab	oklab(50.38% 0.1666 0.0465)
OKLCH	oklch(50.38% 0.173 15.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.8424, 11.1945, 6.2691)
Luminance	0.1119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B12742 #27B196

analogous

#B12787 #B12742 #B15127

triadic

#B12742 #42B127 #2742B1

tetradic

#B12742 #87B127 #27B196 #5127B1

square

#B12742 #87B127 #27B196 #5127B1

split-complementary

#B12742 #27B151 #2787B1

monochromatic

#4D111D #7F1C2F #B12742 #D5405D #E07288

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.49

#B12742 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.24

#B12742 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B12742

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B12742	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B12742	1.00	6.49	3.24	6.49
#FFFFFF	6.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4C42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71683E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C20033

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b12742;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 39, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.173 15.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d06e76',
    500: '#b12742',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b12742;
$custom-light: #d06e76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b12742",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.261,
    "s": 63.889,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50376,
    "c": 0.17293,
    "h": 15.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B12742

secondary

#6DC7B5

accent

#E7C641

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B12742

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

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