#B12843#B12843

#B12843 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.172 H 15.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B12843
RGB	rgb(177, 40, 67)
HSL	hsl(348, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(348, 77%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.4%, 62.1%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.04, 55.39, 18.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.04, 58.46, 18.66°)
OKLab	oklab(50.48% 0.166 0.0455)
OKLCH	oklch(50.48% 0.172 15.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.9055, 11.2729, 6.4369)
Luminance	0.1127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B12843 #28B196

analogous

#B12888 #B12843 #B15128

triadic

#B12843 #43B128 #2843B1

tetradic

#B12843 #88B128 #28B196 #5128B1

square

#B12843 #88B128 #28B196 #5128B1

split-complementary

#B12843 #28B151 #2888B1

monochromatic

#4D111D #7F1D30 #B12843 #D4425F #E07489

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.45

#B12843 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.25

#B12843 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B12843

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B12843	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B12843	1.00	6.45	3.25	6.45
#FFFFFF	6.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4C43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72693F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C20034

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b12843;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 40, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.172 15.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d06f76',
    500: '#b12843',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b12843;
$custom-light: #d06f76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b12843",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.175,
    "s": 63.134,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50479,
    "c": 0.17209,
    "h": 15.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B12843

secondary

#6EC7B5

accent

#E6C642

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B12843

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

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