#B12842#B12842

#B12842 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.172 H 15.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B12842
RGB	rgb(177, 40, 66)
HSL	hsl(349, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(349, 77%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.4%, 62.7%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.02, 55.33, 19.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.02, 58.60, 19.24°)
OKLab	oklab(50.46% 0.1656 0.0468)
OKLCH	oklch(50.46% 0.172 15.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.8757, 11.2610, 6.2802)
Luminance	0.1126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B12842 #28B197

analogous

#B12887 #B12842 #B15228

triadic

#B12842 #42B128 #2842B1

tetradic

#B12842 #87B128 #28B197 #5228B1

square

#B12842 #87B128 #28B197 #5228B1

split-complementary

#B12842 #28B152 #2887B1

monochromatic

#4D111D #7F1D2F #B12842 #D4425E #E07488

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.46

#B12842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.25

#B12842 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B12842

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B12842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B12842	1.00	6.46	3.25	6.46
#FFFFFF	6.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4C42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72693E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C20033

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b12842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 40, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.172 15.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d06f76',
    500: '#b12842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b12842;
$custom-light: #d06f76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b12842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.613,
    "s": 63.134,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50458,
    "c": 0.17206,
    "h": 15.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B12842

secondary

#6EC7B6

accent

#E6C742

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B12842

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

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