#B12836#B12836

#B12836 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.172 H 21.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B12836
RGB	rgb(177, 40, 54)
HSL	hsl(354, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(354, 77%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.4%, 69.5%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.81, 54.65, 26.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.81, 60.74, 25.88°)
OKLab	oklab(50.23% 0.1609 0.0617)
OKLCH	oklch(50.23% 0.172 21)
XYZ	xyz(19.5583, 11.1340, 4.6086)
Luminance	0.1113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B12836 #28B1A3

analogous

#B1287A #B12836 #B15F28

triadic

#B12836 #36B128 #2836B1

tetradic

#B12836 #7AB128 #28B1A3 #5F28B1

square

#B12836 #7AB128 #28B1A3 #5F28B1

split-complementary

#B12836 #28B15F #287AB1

monochromatic

#4D1118 #7F1D27 #B12836 #D44251 #E0747F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.51

#B12836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.23

#B12836 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B12836

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B12836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B12836	1.00	6.51	3.23	6.51
#FFFFFF	6.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514B35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736832

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b12836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 40, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.172 21.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d06e6d',
    500: '#b12836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b12836;
$custom-light: #d06e6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b12836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.869,
    "s": 63.134,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50233,
    "c": 0.1723,
    "h": 21
  },
  "luminance": 0.11131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B12836

secondary

#6EC7BE

accent

#E6D542

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEB

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B12836

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

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