#B12C41#B12C41

#B12C41 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.168 H 17.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B12C41
RGB	rgb(177, 44, 65)
HSL	hsl(351, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(351, 75%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.1%, 63.3%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.46, 53.96, 20.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.46, 57.73, 20.82°)
OKLab	oklab(50.78% 0.161 0.0495)
OKLCH	oklch(50.78% 0.168 17.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.9884, 11.5331, 6.1736)
Luminance	0.1153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B12C41 #2CB19C

analogous

#B12C83 #B12C41 #B1592C

triadic

#B12C41 #41B12C #2C41B1

tetradic

#B12C41 #83B12C #2CB19C #592CB1

square

#B12C41 #83B12C #2CB19C #592CB1

split-complementary

#B12C41 #2CB159 #2C83B1

monochromatic

#4F141D #80202F #B12C41 #D2495E #DE7A89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.35

#B12C41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.31

#B12C41 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B12C41

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B12C41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B12C41	1.00	6.35	3.31	6.35
#FFFFFF	6.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514E41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#73693D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C20035

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b12c41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 44, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.168 17.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d07075',
    500: '#b12c41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b12c41;
$custom-light: #d07075;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b12c41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.526,
    "s": 60.181,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50784,
    "c": 0.16841,
    "h": 17.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B12C41

secondary

#73C6B9

accent

#E3CA44

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B12C41

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

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