#B12E2E#B12E2E

#B12E2E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.168 H 25.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B12E2E
RGB	rgb(177, 46, 46)
HSL	hsl(0, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(0, 74%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74%, 74%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.41, 52.26, 32.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.41, 61.31, 31.53°)
OKLab	oklab(50.65% 0.1515 0.0724)
OKLCH	oklch(50.65% 0.168 25.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.6038, 11.5014, 3.7720)
Luminance	0.1150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B12E2E #2EB1B1

analogous

#B12E6F #B12E2E #B16F2E

triadic

#B12E2E #2EB12E #2E2EB1

tetradic

#B12E2E #6FB12E #2EB1B1 #6F2EB1

square

#B12E2E #6FB12E #2EB1B1 #6F2EB1

split-complementary

#B12E2E #2EB16F #2E6FB1

monochromatic

#501515 #802121 #B12E2E #D04C4C #DD7C7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.36

#B12E2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.30

#B12E2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B12E2E

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B12E2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B12E2E	1.00	6.36	3.30	6.36
#FFFFFF	6.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#554D2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756A29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C30030

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b12e2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 46, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.168 25.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17167',
    500: '#b12e2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b12e2e;
$custom-light: #d17167;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b12e2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 58.744,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50648,
    "c": 0.16792,
    "h": 25.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B12E2E

secondary

#75C6C6

accent

#E2E246

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160806

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B12E2E

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

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