#B24138#B24138

#B24138 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.149 H 27.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B24138
RGB	rgb(178, 65, 56)
HSL	hsl(4, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(4, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.5%, 68.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.56, 45.40, 29.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.56, 54.36, 33.37°)
OKLab	oklab(53.08% 0.1319 0.0695)
OKLCH	oklch(53.08% 0.149 27.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.9663, 13.5340, 5.2489)
Luminance	0.1353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B24138 #38A9B2

analogous

#B2386C #B24138 #B27E38

triadic

#B24138 #38B241 #4138B2

tetradic

#B24138 #6CB238 #38A9B2 #7E38B2

square

#B24138 #6CB238 #38A9B2 #7E38B2

split-complementary

#B24138 #38B27E #386CB2

monochromatic

#551F1B #833029 #B24138 #CC645C #DA908A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.67

#B24138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.71

#B24138 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B24138

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B24138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B24138	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)

#5F5836

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7035

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C32740

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b24138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 65, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.149 27.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d07b6f',
    500: '#b24138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b24138;
$custom-light: #d07b6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b24138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 65,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.426,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5308,
    "c": 0.14904,
    "h": 27.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B24138

secondary

#81C0C5

accent

#D1DC4C

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEC

border

#D4C9C7

text

#150A07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B24138

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

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