#B12825#B12825

#B12825 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.174 H 27.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B12825
RGB	rgb(177, 40, 37)
HSL	hsl(1, 65%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(1, 79%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.4%, 79.1%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.58, 53.93, 36.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.58, 65.05, 34.00°)
OKLab	oklab(50% 0.1548 0.0794)
OKLCH	oklch(50% 0.174 27.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.2265, 11.0013, 2.8610)
Luminance	0.1100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B12825 #25AEB1

analogous

#B12568 #B12825 #B16E25

triadic

#B12825 #25B128 #2825B1

tetradic

#B12825 #68B125 #25AEB1 #6E25B1

square

#B12825 #68B125 #25AEB1 #6E25B1

split-complementary

#B12825 #25B16E #2568B1

monochromatic

#4C1110 #7E1D1A #B12825 #D6403D #E1726F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.56

#B12825 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.20

#B12825 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B12825

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B12825	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B12825	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)

#534A23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#74681F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C30029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b12825;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 40, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.174 27.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d26e60',
    500: '#b12825',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b12825;
$custom-light: #d26e60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b12825",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.286,
    "s": 65.421,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49997,
    "c": 0.174,
    "h": 27.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B12825

secondary

#6AC6C8

accent

#E5E83F

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FCEDE9

border

#D5C8C5

text

#160805

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B12825

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

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