#B24042#B24042

#B24042 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.149 H 22.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B24042
RGB	rgb(178, 64, 66)
HSL	hsl(359, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(359, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64%, 62.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.55, 46.45, 23.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.55, 52.25, 27.24°)
OKLab	oklab(53.13% 0.1372 0.0573)
OKLCH	oklch(53.13% 0.149 22.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.1789, 13.5280, 6.6491)
Luminance	0.1353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B24042 #40B2B0

analogous

#B2407B #B24042 #B27740

triadic

#B24042 #42B240 #4042B2

tetradic

#B24042 #7BB240 #40B2B0 #7740B2

square

#B24042 #7BB240 #40B2B0 #7740B2

split-complementary

#B24042 #40B277 #407BB2

monochromatic

#582021 #853031 #B24042 #C86769 #D89495

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.67

#B24042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.71

#B24042 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B24042

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B24042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B24042	1.00	5.67	3.71	5.67
#FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5841

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A703F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C32842

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b24042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 64, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.149 22.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7a76',
    500: '#b24042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b24042;
$custom-light: #cf7a76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b24042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.947,
    "s": 47.107,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53125,
    "c": 0.14865,
    "h": 22.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B24042

secondary

#8AC4C3

accent

#D7D451

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEEED

border

#D4C9C8

text

#150A08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B24042

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

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