#B2472C#B2472C

#B2472C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.146 H 35.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2472C
RGB	rgb(178, 71, 44)
HSL	hsl(12, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(12, 75%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.1%, 75.3%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.46, 42.02, 37.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.46, 56.47, 41.91°)
OKLab	oklab(53.71% 0.119 0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(53.71% 0.146 35.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.0702, 14.1562, 4.0053)
Luminance	0.1415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2472C #2C97B2

analogous

#B22C54 #B2472C #B28A2C

triadic

#B2472C #2CB247 #472CB2

tetradic

#B2472C #54B22C #2C97B2 #8A2CB2

square

#B2472C #54B22C #2C97B2 #8A2CB2

split-complementary

#B2472C #2CB28A #2C54B2

monochromatic

#502014 #813320 #B2472C #D26549 #DE8E7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.48

#B2472C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#B2472C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B2472C

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2472C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B2472C	1.00	5.48	3.83	5.48
#FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655A29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7229

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C42E41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2472c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 71, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.146 35.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d07e66',
    500: '#b2472c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2472c;
$custom-light: #d07e66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2472c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.09,
    "s": 60.36,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5371,
    "c": 0.14571,
    "h": 35.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2472C

secondary

#73B6C6

accent

#C3E444

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEB

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150A06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2472C

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

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