#B04040#B04040

#B04040 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.147 H 23.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B04040
RGB	rgb(176, 64, 64)
HSL	hsl(0, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(0, 64%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.6%, 63.6%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.17, 45.63, 24.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.17, 51.82, 28.30°)
OKLab	oklab(52.76% 0.1344 0.0587)
OKLCH	oklch(52.76% 0.147 23.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.6653, 13.2699, 6.3226)
Luminance	0.1327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B04040 #40B0B0

analogous

#B04078 #B04040 #B07840

triadic

#B04040 #40B040 #4040B0

tetradic

#B04040 #78B040 #40B0B0 #7840B0

square

#B04040 #78B040 #40B0B0 #7840B0

split-complementary

#B04040 #40B078 #4078B0

monochromatic

#561F1F #833030 #B04040 #C76666 #D89393

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.75

#B04040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.65

#B04040 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B04040

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B04040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B04040	1.00	5.75	3.65	5.75
#FFFFFF	5.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D573F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796F3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C12841

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b04040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 64, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.147 23.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7a75',
    500: '#b04040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b04040;
$custom-light: #ce7a75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b04040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52762,
    "c": 0.14665,
    "h": 23.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B04040

secondary

#89C3C3

accent

#D6D651

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEEED

border

#D4C9C8

text

#150A08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B04040

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

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