#B24040#B24040

#B24040 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.149 H 23.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B24040
RGB	rgb(178, 64, 64)
HSL	hsl(0, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(0, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64%, 64%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.51, 46.32, 25.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.51, 52.68, 28.43°)
OKLab	oklab(53.09% 0.1364 0.0598)
OKLCH	oklch(53.09% 0.149 23.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.1210, 13.5048, 6.3440)
Luminance	0.1350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B24040 #40B2B2

analogous

#B24079 #B24040 #B27940

triadic

#B24040 #40B240 #4040B2

tetradic

#B24040 #79B240 #40B2B2 #7940B2

square

#B24040 #79B240 #40B2B2 #7940B2

split-complementary

#B24040 #40B279 #4079B2

monochromatic

#582020 #853030 #B24040 #C86767 #D89494

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.68

#B24040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.70

#B24040 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B24040

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B24040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B24040	1.00	5.68	3.70	5.68
#FFFFFF	5.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E573F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A703D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C32741

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b24040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 64, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.149 23.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d07a75',
    500: '#b24040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b24040;
$custom-light: #d07a75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b24040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 47.107,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53088,
    "c": 0.14888,
    "h": 23.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B24040

secondary

#8AC4C4

accent

#D7D751

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEEED

border

#D4C9C8

text

#150A08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B24040

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

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