#B12E25#B12E25

#B12E25 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.169 H 28.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B12E25
RGB	rgb(177, 46, 37)
HSL	hsl(4, 65%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(4, 79%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74%, 79.1%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.31, 51.91, 37.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.31, 63.82, 35.57°)
OKLab	oklab(50.54% 0.1485 0.081)
OKLCH	oklch(50.54% 0.169 28.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.4447, 11.4377, 2.9338)
Luminance	0.1143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B12E25 #25A8B1

analogous

#B12562 #B12E25 #B17425

triadic

#B12E25 #25B12E #2E25B1

tetradic

#B12E25 #62B125 #25A8B1 #7425B1

square

#B12E25 #62B125 #25A8B1 #7425B1

split-complementary

#B12E25 #25B174 #2562B1

monochromatic

#4C1410 #7E211A #B12E25 #D6473D #E1776F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.39

#B12E25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.29

#B12E25 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B12E25

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B12E25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B12E25	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)

#554D23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#76691F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b12e25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 46, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.169 28.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17161',
    500: '#b12e25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b12e25;
$custom-light: #d17161;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b12e25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.857,
    "s": 65.421,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50537,
    "c": 0.16915,
    "h": 28.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B12E25

secondary

#6AC2C8

accent

#DEE83F

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FCEDE9

border

#D5C8C5

text

#160805

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B12E25

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

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