#B12929#B12929

#B12929 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.173 H 26.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B12929
RGB	rgb(177, 41, 41)
HSL	hsl(0, 62%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(0, 77%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.8%, 76.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.74, 53.75, 34.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.74, 63.74, 32.50°)
OKLab	oklab(50.13% 0.1552 0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(50.13% 0.173 26.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.3269, 11.0961, 3.2215)
Luminance	0.1109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B12929 #29B1B1

analogous

#B1296D #B12929 #B16D29

triadic

#B12929 #29B129 #2929B1

tetradic

#B12929 #6DB129 #29B1B1 #6D29B1

square

#B12929 #6DB129 #29B1B1 #6D29B1

split-complementary

#B12929 #29B16D #296DB1

monochromatic

#4E1212 #7F1D1D #B12929 #D44444 #DF7575

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.52

#B12929 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.22

#B12929 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B12929

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B12929	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B12929	1.00	6.52	3.22	6.52
#FFFFFF	6.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534B27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746824

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b12929;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 41, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.173 26.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d16f63',
    500: '#b12929',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b12929;
$custom-light: #d16f63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b12929",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 62.385,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50129,
    "c": 0.17272,
    "h": 26.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B12929

secondary

#6FC7C7

accent

#E5E542

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FCEDEA

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160805

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B12929

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

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