#B2312C#B2312C

#B2312C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.167 H 27.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2312C
RGB	rgb(178, 49, 44)
HSL	hsl(2, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(2, 75%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.5%, 75.3%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.97, 51.41, 33.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.97, 61.59, 33.41°)
OKLab	oklab(51.09% 0.1483 0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(51.09% 0.167 27.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.9153, 11.8465, 3.6203)
Luminance	0.1184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2312C #2CADB2

analogous

#B22C6A #B2312C #B2742C

triadic

#B2312C #2CB231 #312CB2

tetradic

#B2312C #6AB22C #2CADB2 #742CB2

square

#B2312C #6AB22C #2CADB2 #742CB2

split-complementary

#B2312C #2CB274 #2C6AB2

monochromatic

#501614 #812320 #B2312C #D24E49 #DE7E7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.23

#B2312C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.37

#B2312C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B2312C

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2312C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B2312C	1.00	6.23	3.37	6.23
#FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#574F2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776B27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C40031

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2312c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 49, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.167 27.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17266',
    500: '#b2312c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2312c;
$custom-light: #d17266;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2312c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.239,
    "s": 60.36,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51092,
    "c": 0.16656,
    "h": 27.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2312C

secondary

#73C3C6

accent

#DEE444

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160806

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2312C

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

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