#B12E26#B12E26

#B12E26 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.169 H 28.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B12E26
RGB	rgb(177, 46, 38)
HSL	hsl(3, 65%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(3, 79%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74%, 78.5%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.32, 51.94, 36.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.32, 63.53, 35.15°)
OKLab	oklab(50.55% 0.1488 0.0801)
OKLCH	oklch(50.55% 0.169 28.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.4606, 11.4441, 3.0176)
Luminance	0.1144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B12E26 #26A9B1

analogous

#B12664 #B12E26 #B17326

triadic

#B12E26 #26B12E #2E26B1

tetradic

#B12E26 #64B126 #26A9B1 #7326B1

square

#B12E26 #64B126 #26A9B1 #7326B1

split-complementary

#B12E26 #26B173 #2664B1

monochromatic

#4C1410 #7F211B #B12E26 #D6473F #E07771

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.39

#B12E26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.29

#B12E26 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B12E26

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B12E26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B12E26	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)

#554D24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766920

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3002E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b12e26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 46, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.169 28.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17161',
    500: '#b12e26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b12e26;
$custom-light: #d17161;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b12e26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.453,
    "s": 64.651,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50548,
    "c": 0.169,
    "h": 28.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B12E26

secondary

#6BC2C7

accent

#DEE840

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FCEDEA

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160805

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B12E26

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

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