#B12E2F#B12E2F

#B12E2F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.168 H 25.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B12E2F
RGB	rgb(177, 46, 47)
HSL	hsl(360, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(360, 74%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74%, 73.4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.43, 52.31, 31.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.43, 61.05, 31.05°)
OKLab	oklab(50.66% 0.1519 0.0714)
OKLCH	oklch(50.66% 0.168 25.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.6238, 11.5093, 3.8770)
Luminance	0.1151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B12E2F #2EB1B0

analogous

#B12E70 #B12E2F #B16E2E

triadic

#B12E2F #2FB12E #2E2FB1

tetradic

#B12E2F #70B12E #2EB1B0 #6E2EB1

square

#B12E2F #70B12E #2EB1B0 #6E2EB1

split-complementary

#B12E2F #2EB16E #2E70B1

monochromatic

#501515 #802122 #B12E2F #D04C4D #DD7C7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.36

#B12E2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.30

#B12E2F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B12E2F

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B12E2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B12E2F	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)

#554D2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756A2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C30030

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b12e2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 46, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.168 25.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17168',
    500: '#b12e2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b12e2f;
$custom-light: #d17168;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b12e2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.542,
    "s": 58.744,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50662,
    "c": 0.1678,
    "h": 25.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B12E2F

secondary

#75C6C5

accent

#E2E146

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEB

border

#D4C8C6

text

#160806

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B12E2F

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

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