#B24222#B24222

#B24222 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.153 H 36.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B24222
RGB	rgb(178, 66, 34)
HSL	hsl(13, 68%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(13, 81%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.9%, 80.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.48, 43.97, 41.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.48, 60.76, 43.65°)
OKLab	oklab(52.94% 0.1231 0.0905)
OKLCH	oklch(52.94% 0.153 36.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.5993, 13.4798, 3.0302)
Luminance	0.1348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B24222 #2292B2

analogous

#B2224A #B24222 #B28A22

triadic

#B24222 #22B242 #4222B2

tetradic

#B24222 #4AB222 #2292B2 #8A22B2

square

#B24222 #4AB222 #2292B2 #8A22B2

split-complementary

#B24222 #22B28A #224AB2

monochromatic

#4B1C0E #7F2F18 #B24222 #D95C38 #E3866C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.68

#B24222 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.70

#B24222 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B24222

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B24222	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B24222	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)

#62571D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D701D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4253C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b24222;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 66, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.153 36.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17b60',
    500: '#b24222',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b24222;
$custom-light: #d17b60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b24222",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.333,
    "s": 67.925,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52941,
    "c": 0.15281,
    "h": 36.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B24222

secondary

#67B3C9

accent

#C4EB3D

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FCEEE9

border

#D5C9C5

text

#160A05

muted

#847C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B24222

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

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