#B24140#B24140

#B24140 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.148 H 24.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B24140
RGB	rgb(178, 65, 64)
HSL	hsl(1, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(1, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.5%, 64%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.68, 45.88, 25.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.68, 52.38, 28.86°)
OKLab	oklab(53.21% 0.1349 0.0602)
OKLCH	oklch(53.21% 0.148 24.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.1779, 13.6186, 6.3630)
Luminance	0.1362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B24140 #40B1B2

analogous

#B24078 #B24140 #B27A40

triadic

#B24140 #40B241 #4140B2

tetradic

#B24140 #78B240 #40B1B2 #7A40B2

square

#B24140 #78B240 #40B1B2 #7A40B2

split-complementary

#B24140 #40B27A #4078B2

monochromatic

#582020 #853130 #B24140 #C86867 #D89594

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.64

#B24140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.72

#B24140 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B24140

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B24140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B24140	1.00	5.64	3.72	5.64
#FFFFFF	5.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E583F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B703D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C32942

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b24140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 65, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.148 24.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7b75',
    500: '#b24140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b24140;
$custom-light: #cf7b75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b24140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 65,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.526,
    "s": 47.107,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53213,
    "c": 0.14778,
    "h": 24.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B24140

secondary

#8AC3C4

accent

#D6D751

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEEED

border

#D4C9C8

text

#150A08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B24140

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

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