#B12E29#B12E29

#B12E29 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.169 H 27.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B12E29
RGB	rgb(177, 46, 41)
HSL	hsl(2, 62%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(2, 77%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74%, 76.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.35, 52.06, 34.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.35, 62.68, 33.85°)
OKLab	oklab(50.58% 0.1498 0.0773)
OKLCH	oklch(50.58% 0.169 27.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.5110, 11.4642, 3.2829)
Luminance	0.1146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B12E29 #29ACB1

analogous

#B12968 #B12E29 #B17229

triadic

#B12E29 #29B12E #2E29B1

tetradic

#B12E29 #68B129 #29ACB1 #7229B1

square

#B12E29 #68B129 #29ACB1 #7229B1

split-complementary

#B12E29 #29B172 #2968B1

monochromatic

#4E1412 #7F211D #B12E29 #D44944 #DF7975

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.38

#B12E29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.29

#B12E29 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B12E29

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B12E29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B12E29	1.00	6.38	3.29	6.38
#FFFFFF	6.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#554D27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766924

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3002E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b12e29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 46, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.169 27.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17163',
    500: '#b12e29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b12e29;
$custom-light: #d17163;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b12e29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.206,
    "s": 62.385,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50584,
    "c": 0.16858,
    "h": 27.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B12E29

secondary

#6FC3C7

accent

#DFE542

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FCEDEA

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160805

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B12E29

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

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