#B12E45#B12E45

#B12E45 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.167 H 15.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B12E45
RGB	rgb(177, 46, 69)
HSL	hsl(349, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(349, 74%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74%, 61%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.79, 53.52, 18.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.79, 56.61, 19.01°)
OKLab	oklab(51.05% 0.1604 0.0451)
OKLCH	oklch(51.05% 0.167 15.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.1847, 11.7337, 6.8310)
Luminance	0.1173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B12E45 #2EB19A

analogous

#B12E86 #B12E45 #B1582E

triadic

#B12E45 #45B12E #2E45B1

tetradic

#B12E45 #86B12E #2EB19A #582EB1

square

#B12E45 #86B12E #2EB19A #582EB1

split-complementary

#B12E45 #2EB158 #2E86B1

monochromatic

#50151F #802132 #B12E45 #D04C63 #DD7C8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.28

#B12E45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#B12E45 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B12E45

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B12E45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B12E45	1.00	6.28	3.35	6.28
#FFFFFF	6.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524F45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736A41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C20038

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b12e45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 46, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.167 15.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7178',
    500: '#b12e45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b12e45;
$custom-light: #cf7178;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b12e45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.466,
    "s": 58.744,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5105,
    "c": 0.16656,
    "h": 15.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B12E45

secondary

#75C6B7

accent

#E2C746

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150809

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B12E45

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

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