#B12849#B12849

#B12849 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.172 H 12.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B12849
RGB	rgb(177, 40, 73)
HSL	hsl(346, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(346, 77%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.4%, 58.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.16, 55.79, 15.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.16, 57.79, 15.13°)
OKLab	oklab(50.61% 0.1684 0.0374)
OKLCH	oklch(50.61% 0.172 12.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.0949, 11.3487, 7.4344)
Luminance	0.1135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B12849 #28B190

analogous

#B1288E #B12849 #B14B28

triadic

#B12849 #49B128 #2849B1

tetradic

#B12849 #8EB128 #28B190 #4B28B1

square

#B12849 #8EB128 #28B190 #4B28B1

split-complementary

#B12849 #28B14B #288EB1

monochromatic

#4D1120 #7F1D34 #B12849 #D44265 #E0748E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.42

#B12849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.27

#B12849 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B12849

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B12849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B12849	1.00	6.42	3.27	6.42
#FFFFFF	6.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4D49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#716945

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C20036

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b12849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 40, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.172 12.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf6f7b',
    500: '#b12849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b12849;
$custom-light: #cf6f7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b12849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.547,
    "s": 63.134,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50612,
    "c": 0.17246,
    "h": 12.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B12849

secondary

#6EC7B1

accent

#E6BF42

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150809

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B12849

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

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