#B12A3E#B12A3E

#B12A3E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.170 H 18.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B12A3E
RGB	rgb(177, 42, 62)
HSL	hsl(351, 62%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(351, 76%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.3%, 65%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.17, 54.44, 22.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.17, 58.72, 22.01°)
OKLab	oklab(50.55% 0.1619 0.0526)
OKLCH	oklch(50.55% 0.17 18)
XYZ	xyz(19.8311, 11.3538, 5.7038)
Luminance	0.1135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B12A3E #2AB19D

analogous

#B12A81 #B12A3E #B1592A

triadic

#B12A3E #3EB12A #2A3EB1

tetradic

#B12A3E #81B12A #2AB19D #592AB1

square

#B12A3E #81B12A #2AB19D #592AB1

split-complementary

#B12A3E #2AB159 #2A81B1

monochromatic

#4E131B #801E2D #B12A3E #D3455A #DF7786

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.42

#B12A3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.27

#B12A3E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B12A3E

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B12A3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B12A3E	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)

#514D3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#73693A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C20033

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b12a3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 42, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.170 18.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d06f73',
    500: '#b12a3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b12a3e;
$custom-light: #d06f73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b12a3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.111,
    "s": 61.644,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50547,
    "c": 0.17026,
    "h": 18
  },
  "luminance": 0.11351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B12A3E

secondary

#70C6BA

accent

#E5CD43

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEC

border

#D4C8C7

text

#150808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B12A3E

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

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