#B12E40#B12E40

#B12E40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.167 H 18.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B12E40
RGB	rgb(177, 46, 64)
HSL	hsl(352, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(352, 74%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74%, 63.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.69, 53.20, 21.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.69, 57.36, 21.95°)
OKLab	oklab(50.95% 0.1584 0.0515)
OKLCH	oklch(50.95% 0.167 18)
XYZ	xyz(20.0360, 11.6742, 6.0478)
Luminance	0.1167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B12E40 #2EB19F

analogous

#B12E81 #B12E40 #B15D2E

triadic

#B12E40 #40B12E #2E40B1

tetradic

#B12E40 #81B12E #2EB19F #5D2EB1

square

#B12E40 #81B12E #2EB19F #5D2EB1

split-complementary

#B12E40 #2EB15D #2E81B1

monochromatic

#50151D #80212E #B12E40 #D04C5E #DD7C8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.30

#B12E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.33

#B12E40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B12E40

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B12E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B12E40	1.00	6.30	3.33	6.30
#FFFFFF	6.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524E40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746A3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C20036

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b12e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 46, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.167 18.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d07174',
    500: '#b12e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b12e40;
$custom-light: #d07174;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b12e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.756,
    "s": 58.744,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50948,
    "c": 0.16653,
    "h": 18
  },
  "luminance": 0.11671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B12E40

secondary

#75C6BB

accent

#E2CC46

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B12E40

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

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