#B12C42#B12C42

#B12C42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.168 H 16.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B12C42
RGB	rgb(177, 44, 66)
HSL	hsl(350, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(350, 75%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.1%, 62.7%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.48, 54.02, 19.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.48, 57.57, 20.24°)
OKLab	oklab(50.8% 0.1614 0.0482)
OKLCH	oklch(50.8% 0.168 16.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.0176, 11.5448, 6.3275)
Luminance	0.1154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B12C42 #2CB19B

analogous

#B12C84 #B12C42 #B1582C

triadic

#B12C42 #42B12C #2C42B1

tetradic

#B12C42 #84B12C #2CB19B #582CB1

square

#B12C42 #84B12C #2CB19B #582CB1

split-complementary

#B12C42 #2CB158 #2C84B1

monochromatic

#4F141D #802030 #B12C42 #D2495F #DE7A8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.35

#B12C42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.31

#B12C42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B12C42

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B12C42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B12C42	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)

#514E42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#73693E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C20035

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b12c42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 44, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.168 16.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7076',
    500: '#b12c42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b12c42;
$custom-light: #cf7076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b12c42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.075,
    "s": 60.181,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50804,
    "c": 0.16842,
    "h": 16.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B12C42

secondary

#73C6B8

accent

#E3C944

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B12C42

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

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