#B12848#B12848

#B12848 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.172 H 13.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B12848
RGB	rgb(177, 40, 72)
HSL	hsl(346, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(346, 77%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.4%, 59.3%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.14, 55.72, 15.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.14, 57.89, 15.72°)
OKLab	oklab(50.59% 0.1679 0.0388)
OKLCH	oklch(50.59% 0.172 13)
XYZ	xyz(20.0620, 11.3355, 7.2612)
Luminance	0.1133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B12848 #28B191

analogous

#B1288D #B12848 #B14C28

triadic

#B12848 #48B128 #2848B1

tetradic

#B12848 #8DB128 #28B191 #4C28B1

square

#B12848 #8DB128 #28B191 #4C28B1

split-complementary

#B12848 #28B14C #288DB1

monochromatic

#4D111F #7F1D34 #B12848 #D44264 #E0748D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.43

#B12848 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.27

#B12848 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B12848

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B12848	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B12848	1.00	6.43	3.27	6.43
#FFFFFF	6.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4D48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#716944

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C20036

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b12848;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 40, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.172 13.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf6f7a',
    500: '#b12848',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b12848;
$custom-light: #cf6f7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b12848",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.985,
    "s": 63.134,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50589,
    "c": 0.17237,
    "h": 13
  },
  "luminance": 0.11333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B12848

secondary

#6EC7B2

accent

#E6C042

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150809

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B12848

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

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