#B12938#B12938

#B12938 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.171 H 20.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B12938
RGB	rgb(177, 41, 56)
HSL	hsl(353, 62%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(353, 77%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.8%, 68.4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.95, 54.43, 25.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.95, 60.09, 25.07°)
OKLab	oklab(50.35% 0.1606 0.0597)
OKLCH	oklch(50.35% 0.171 20.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.6404, 11.2215, 4.8724)
Luminance	0.1122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B12938 #29B1A2

analogous

#B1297C #B12938 #B15E29

triadic

#B12938 #38B129 #2938B1

tetradic

#B12938 #7CB129 #29B1A2 #5E29B1

square

#B12938 #7CB129 #29B1A2 #5E29B1

split-complementary

#B12938 #29B15E #297CB1

monochromatic

#4E1219 #7F1D28 #B12938 #D44453 #DF7581

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.47

#B12938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.24

#B12938 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B12938

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B12938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B12938	1.00	6.47	3.24	6.47
#FFFFFF	6.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514C37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736934

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C30030

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b12938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 41, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.171 20.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d06f6e',
    500: '#b12938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b12938;
$custom-light: #d06f6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b12938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.382,
    "s": 62.385,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50352,
    "c": 0.17134,
    "h": 20.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B12938

secondary

#6FC7BD

accent

#E5D342

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEB

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B12938

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

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