#B12D2A#B12D2A

#B12D2A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.169 H 26.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B12D2A
RGB	rgb(177, 45, 42)
HSL	hsl(1, 62%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(1, 76%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.6%, 76.3%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.24, 52.45, 34.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.24, 62.62, 33.11°)
OKLab	oklab(50.5% 0.1512 0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(50.5% 0.169 26.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.4900, 11.3941, 3.3631)
Luminance	0.1139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B12D2A #2AAEB1

analogous

#B12A6B #B12D2A #B1702A

triadic

#B12D2A #2AB12D #2D2AB1

tetradic

#B12D2A #6BB12A #2AAEB1 #702AB1

square

#B12D2A #6BB12A #2AAEB1 #702AB1

split-complementary

#B12D2A #2AB170 #2A6BB1

monochromatic

#4E1413 #80201E #B12D2A #D34845 #DF7977

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.41

#B12D2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.28

#B12D2A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B12D2A

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B12D2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B12D2A	1.00	6.41	3.28	6.41
#FFFFFF	6.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#554D28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756925

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3002E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b12d2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 45, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.169 26.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17064',
    500: '#b12d2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b12d2a;
$custom-light: #d17064;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b12d2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.333,
    "s": 61.644,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50501,
    "c": 0.1693,
    "h": 26.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B12D2A

secondary

#70C4C6

accent

#E1E543

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160805

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B12D2A

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

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