#B1462A#B1462A

#B1462A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.146 H 35.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1462A
RGB	rgb(177, 70, 42)
HSL	hsl(12, 62%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(12, 76%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.5%, 76.3%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.09, 42.04, 38.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.09, 56.90, 42.37°)
OKLab	oklab(53.39% 0.1188 0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(53.39% 0.146 35.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.7417, 13.8975, 3.7803)
Luminance	0.1389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1462A #2A95B1

analogous

#B12A52 #B1462A #B1892A

triadic

#B1462A #2AB146 #462AB1

tetradic

#B1462A #52B12A #2A95B1 #892AB1

square

#B1462A #52B12A #2A95B1 #892AB1

split-complementary

#B1462A #2AB189 #2A52B1

monochromatic

#4E1F13 #80321E #B1462A #D36345 #DF8C77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.56

#B1462A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78

#B1462A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B1462A

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1462A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B1462A	1.00	5.56	3.78	5.56
#FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645926

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7127

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C32D40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1462a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 70, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.146 35.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d07d65',
    500: '#b1462a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1462a;
$custom-light: #d07d65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1462a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.444,
    "s": 61.644,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53391,
    "c": 0.14607,
    "h": 35.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1462A

secondary

#70B5C6

accent

#C3E543

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEB

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150A06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1462A

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

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