#B12E24#B12E24

#B12E24 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.169 H 28.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B12E24
RGB	rgb(177, 46, 36)
HSL	hsl(4, 66%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(4, 80%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74%, 79.7%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.30, 51.88, 37.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.30, 64.11, 35.98°)
OKLab	oklab(50.53% 0.1482 0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(50.53% 0.169 28.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.4292, 11.4315, 2.8522)
Luminance	0.1143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B12E24 #24A7B1

analogous

#B12461 #B12E24 #B17524

triadic

#B12E24 #24B12E #2E24B1

tetradic

#B12E24 #61B124 #24A7B1 #7524B1

square

#B12E24 #61B124 #24A7B1 #7524B1

split-complementary

#B12E24 #24B175 #2461B1

monochromatic

#4B140F #7E211A #B12E24 #D7463B #E1766E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.39

#B12E24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.29

#B12E24 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B12E24

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B12E24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B12E24	1.00	6.39	3.29	6.39
#FFFFFF	6.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#564D21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#76691E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b12e24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 46, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.169 28.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17160',
    500: '#b12e24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b12e24;
$custom-light: #d17160;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b12e24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.255,
    "s": 66.197,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50526,
    "c": 0.1693,
    "h": 28.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B12E24

secondary

#69C1C8

accent

#DDE93F

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FCEDE9

border

#D5C8C5

text

#160805

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B12E24

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

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