#B2312E#B2312E

#B2312E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.166 H 26.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2312E
RGB	rgb(178, 49, 46)
HSL	hsl(1, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(1, 74%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.5%, 74.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.00, 51.49, 32.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.00, 61.04, 32.48°)
OKLab	oklab(51.12% 0.149 0.0739)
OKLCH	oklch(51.12% 0.166 26.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.9538, 11.8619, 3.8231)
Luminance	0.1186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2312E #2EAFB2

analogous

#B22E6D #B2312E #B2732E

triadic

#B2312E #2EB231 #312EB2

tetradic

#B2312E #6DB22E #2EAFB2 #732EB2

square

#B2312E #6DB22E #2EAFB2 #732EB2

split-complementary

#B2312E #2EB273 #2E6DB2

monochromatic

#511615 #812421 #B2312E #D14F4C #DD7F7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.23

#B2312E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.37

#B2312E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B2312E

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2312E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B2312E	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)

#574F2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776B29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C40032

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2312e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 49, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.166 26.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17267',
    500: '#b2312e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2312e;
$custom-light: #d17267;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2312e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.364,
    "s": 58.929,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51118,
    "c": 0.16628,
    "h": 26.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2312E

secondary

#76C4C6

accent

#DFE246

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160806

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2312E

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

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