#B1472C#B1472C

#B1472C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.145 H 35.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1472C
RGB	rgb(177, 71, 44)
HSL	hsl(12, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(12, 75%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.9%, 75.1%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.29, 41.65, 37.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.29, 56.03, 41.99°)
OKLab	oklab(53.55% 0.1179 0.0837)
OKLCH	oklch(53.55% 0.145 35.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.8415, 14.0383, 3.9946)
Luminance	0.1404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1472C #2C96B1

analogous

#B12C54 #B1472C #B1892C

triadic

#B1472C #2CB147 #472CB1

tetradic

#B1472C #54B12C #2C96B1 #892CB1

square

#B1472C #54B12C #2C96B1 #892CB1

split-complementary

#B1472C #2CB189 #2C54B1

monochromatic

#4F2014 #803320 #B1472C #D26449 #DE8E7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.52

#B1472C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#B1472C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B1472C

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1472C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B1472C	1.00	5.52	3.81	5.52
#FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645A29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7229

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C32F41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1472c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 71, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.145 35.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d07e66',
    500: '#b1472c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1472c;
$custom-light: #d07e66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1472c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.18,
    "s": 60.181,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5355,
    "c": 0.1446,
    "h": 35.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1472C

secondary

#73B5C6

accent

#C3E344

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEB

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150A06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1472C

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

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