#B12C40#B12C40

#B12C40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.168 H 17.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B12C40
RGB	rgb(177, 44, 64)
HSL	hsl(351, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(351, 75%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.1%, 63.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.45, 53.90, 21.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.45, 57.89, 21.40°)
OKLab	oklab(50.76% 0.1606 0.0508)
OKLCH	oklch(50.76% 0.168 17.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.9597, 11.5216, 6.0224)
Luminance	0.1152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B12C40 #2CB19D

analogous

#B12C82 #B12C40 #B15A2C

triadic

#B12C40 #40B12C #2C40B1

tetradic

#B12C40 #82B12C #2CB19D #5A2CB1

square

#B12C40 #82B12C #2CB19D #5A2CB1

split-complementary

#B12C40 #2CB15A #2C82B1

monochromatic

#4F141D #80202E #B12C40 #D2495D #DE7A89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.36

#B12C40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.30

#B12C40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B12C40

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B12C40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B12C40	1.00	6.36	3.30	6.36
#FFFFFF	6.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514E40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#73693C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C20035

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b12c40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 44, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.168 17.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d07074',
    500: '#b12c40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b12c40;
$custom-light: #d07074;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b12c40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.977,
    "s": 60.181,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50764,
    "c": 0.16842,
    "h": 17.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B12C40

secondary

#73C6B9

accent

#E3CB44

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B12C40

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

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