#B1472A#B1472A

#B1472A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.145 H 36.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1472A
RGB	rgb(177, 71, 42)
HSL	hsl(13, 62%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(13, 76%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.9%, 76.3%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.27, 41.56, 38.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.27, 56.68, 42.84°)
OKLab	oklab(53.53% 0.1173 0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(53.53% 0.145 36.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.8048, 14.0236, 3.8013)
Luminance	0.1402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1472A #2A94B1

analogous

#B12A50 #B1472A #B18A2A

triadic

#B1472A #2AB147 #472AB1

tetradic

#B1472A #50B12A #2A94B1 #8A2AB1

square

#B1472A #50B12A #2A94B1 #8A2AB1

split-complementary

#B1472A #2AB18A #2A50B1

monochromatic

#4E1F13 #80331E #B1472A #D36445 #DF8D77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.52

#B1472A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#B1472A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B1472A

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1472A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B1472A	1.00	5.52	3.80	5.52
#FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645A26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7127

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C32E41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1472a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 71, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.145 36.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d07e65',
    500: '#b1472a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1472a;
$custom-light: #d07e65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1472a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.889,
    "s": 61.644,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53528,
    "c": 0.14512,
    "h": 36.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1472A

secondary

#70B4C6

accent

#C2E543

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEB

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150A06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1472A

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

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