#B12C2A#B12C2A

#B12C2A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.170 H 26.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B12C2A
RGB	rgb(177, 44, 42)
HSL	hsl(1, 62%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(1, 76%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.1%, 76.3%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.11, 52.79, 34.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.11, 62.83, 32.84°)
OKLab	oklab(50.41% 0.1523 0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(50.41% 0.17 26.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.4523, 11.3187, 3.3505)
Luminance	0.1132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B12C2A #2AAFB1

analogous

#B12A6B #B12C2A #B16F2A

triadic

#B12C2A #2AB12C #2C2AB1

tetradic

#B12C2A #6BB12A #2AAFB1 #6F2AB1

square

#B12C2A #6BB12A #2AAFB1 #6F2AB1

split-complementary

#B12C2A #2AB16F #2A6BB1

monochromatic

#4E1313 #80201E #B12C2A #D34745 #DF7877

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.44

#B12C2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.26

#B12C2A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B12C2A

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B12C2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B12C2A	1.00	6.44	3.26	6.44
#FFFFFF	6.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#544C28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756925

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b12c2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 44, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.170 26.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17064',
    500: '#b12c2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b12c2a;
$custom-light: #d17064;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b12c2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.889,
    "s": 61.644,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50409,
    "c": 0.17014,
    "h": 26.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B12C2A

secondary

#70C5C6

accent

#E2E543

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160805

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B12C2A

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

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