#B12E30#B12E30

#B12E30 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.168 H 24.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B12E30
RGB	rgb(177, 46, 48)
HSL	hsl(359, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(359, 74%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74%, 72.9%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.44, 52.35, 30.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.44, 60.79, 30.56°)
OKLab	oklab(50.68% 0.1522 0.0703)
OKLCH	oklch(50.68% 0.168 24.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.6442, 11.5175, 3.9845)
Luminance	0.1152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B12E30 #2EB1AF

analogous

#B12E71 #B12E30 #B16D2E

triadic

#B12E30 #30B12E #2E30B1

tetradic

#B12E30 #71B12E #2EB1AF #6D2EB1

square

#B12E30 #71B12E #2EB1AF #6D2EB1

split-complementary

#B12E30 #2EB16D #2E71B1

monochromatic

#501516 #802123 #B12E30 #D04C4E #DD7C7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.36

#B12E30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.30

#B12E30 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B12E30

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B12E30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B12E30	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)

#544D2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756A2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C30030

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b12e30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 46, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.168 24.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17168',
    500: '#b12e30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b12e30;
$custom-light: #d17168;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b12e30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.084,
    "s": 58.744,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50676,
    "c": 0.16767,
    "h": 24.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B12E30

secondary

#75C6C4

accent

#E2E046

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEB

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150806

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B12E30

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

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