#B12F40#B12F40

#B12F40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.166 H 18.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B12F40
RGB	rgb(177, 47, 64)
HSL	hsl(352, 58%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(352, 73%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.4%, 63.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.82, 52.85, 21.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.82, 57.09, 22.23°)
OKLab	oklab(51.04% 0.1572 0.0519)
OKLCH	oklch(51.04% 0.166 18.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.0755, 11.7532, 6.0610)
Luminance	0.1175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B12F40 #2FB1A0

analogous

#B12F81 #B12F40 #B15F2F

triadic

#B12F40 #40B12F #2F40B1

tetradic

#B12F40 #81B12F #2FB1A0 #5F2FB1

square

#B12F40 #81B12F #2FB1A0 #5F2FB1

split-complementary

#B12F40 #2FB15F #2F81B1

monochromatic

#50151D #81222F #B12F40 #D04D5E #DD7E8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.27

#B12F40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#B12F40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B12F40

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B12F40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B12F40	1.00	6.27	3.35	6.27
#FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534F40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746A3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C20036

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b12f40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 47, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.166 18.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7274',
    500: '#b12f40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b12f40;
$custom-light: #cf7274;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b12f40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.154,
    "s": 58.036,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51043,
    "c": 0.16558,
    "h": 18.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B12F40

secondary

#76C5BB

accent

#E1CD47

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B12F40

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

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