#B12C2C#B12C2C

#B12C2C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.170 H 25.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B12C2C
RGB	rgb(177, 44, 44)
HSL	hsl(0, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(0, 75%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.1%, 75.1%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.14, 52.87, 32.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.14, 62.29, 31.92°)
OKLab	oklab(50.43% 0.153 0.0738)
OKLCH	oklch(50.43% 0.17 25.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.4890, 11.3333, 3.5438)
Luminance	0.1133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B12C2C #2CB1B1

analogous

#B12C6E #B12C2C #B16E2C

triadic

#B12C2C #2CB12C #2C2CB1

tetradic

#B12C2C #6EB12C #2CB1B1 #6E2CB1

square

#B12C2C #6EB12C #2CB1B1 #6E2CB1

split-complementary

#B12C2C #2CB16E #2C6EB1

monochromatic

#4F1414 #802020 #B12C2C #D24949 #DE7A7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.43

#B12C2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.27

#B12C2C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B12C2C

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B12C2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B12C2C	1.00	6.43	3.27	6.43
#FFFFFF	6.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#544C2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756927

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3002E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b12c2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 44, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.170 25.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17065',
    500: '#b12c2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b12c2c;
$custom-light: #d17065;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b12c2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 60.181,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50434,
    "c": 0.16989,
    "h": 25.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B12C2C

secondary

#73C6C6

accent

#E3E344

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160805

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B12C2C

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

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