#B12949#B12949

#B12949 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.172 H 12.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B12949
RGB	rgb(177, 41, 73)
HSL	hsl(346, 62%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(346, 77%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.8%, 58.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.27, 55.47, 15.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.27, 57.53, 15.36°)
OKLab	oklab(50.7% 0.1673 0.0378)
OKLCH	oklch(50.7% 0.172 12.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.1290, 11.4170, 7.4458)
Luminance	0.1141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B12949 #29B191

analogous

#B1298D #B12949 #B14D29

triadic

#B12949 #49B129 #2949B1

tetradic

#B12949 #8DB129 #29B191 #4D29B1

square

#B12949 #8DB129 #29B191 #4D29B1

split-complementary

#B12949 #29B14D #298DB1

monochromatic

#4E1220 #7F1D35 #B12949 #D44465 #DF758E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.40

#B12949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.28

#B12949 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B12949

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B12949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B12949	1.00	6.40	3.28	6.40
#FFFFFF	6.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4D49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#716945

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C20037

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b12949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 41, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.172 12.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf6f7b',
    500: '#b12949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b12949;
$custom-light: #cf6f7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b12949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.882,
    "s": 62.385,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50695,
    "c": 0.17154,
    "h": 12.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B12949

secondary

#6FC7B2

accent

#E5BF42

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150809

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B12949

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

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