#B12E2C#B12E2C

#B12E2C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.168 H 26.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B12E2C
RGB	rgb(177, 46, 44)
HSL	hsl(1, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(1, 75%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74%, 75.1%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.39, 52.18, 33.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.39, 61.85, 32.48°)
OKLab	oklab(50.62% 0.1508 0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(50.62% 0.168 26.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.5653, 11.4860, 3.5692)
Luminance	0.1148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B12E2C #2CAFB1

analogous

#B12C6C #B12E2C #B1702C

triadic

#B12E2C #2CB12E #2E2CB1

tetradic

#B12E2C #6CB12C #2CAFB1 #702CB1

square

#B12E2C #6CB12C #2CAFB1 #702CB1

split-complementary

#B12E2C #2CB170 #2C6CB1

monochromatic

#4F1514 #802120 #B12E2C #D24B49 #DE7B7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.37

#B12E2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.30

#B12E2C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B12E2C

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B12E2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B12E2C	1.00	6.37	3.30	6.37
#FFFFFF	6.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#554D2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756A27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b12e2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 46, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.168 26.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17165',
    500: '#b12e2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b12e2c;
$custom-light: #d17165;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b12e2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.902,
    "s": 60.181,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50621,
    "c": 0.16817,
    "h": 26.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B12E2C

secondary

#73C5C6

accent

#E1E344

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160806

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B12E2C

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

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