#B24232#B24232

#B24232 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.149 H 30.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B24232
RGB	rgb(178, 66, 50)
HSL	hsl(8, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(8, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.9%, 71.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.65, 44.63, 33.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.65, 55.79, 36.88°)
OKLab	oklab(53.12% 0.1283 0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(53.12% 0.149 30.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.8862, 13.5946, 4.5412)
Luminance	0.1359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B24232 #32A2B2

analogous

#B23262 #B24232 #B28232

triadic

#B24232 #32B242 #4232B2

tetradic

#B24232 #62B232 #32A2B2 #8232B2

square

#B24232 #62B232 #32A2B2 #8232B2

split-complementary

#B24232 #32B282 #3262B2

monochromatic

#521F17 #823025 #B24232 #CF6253 #DC8E82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.65

#B24232 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.72

#B24232 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B24232

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B24232	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B24232	1.00	5.65	3.72	5.65
#FFFFFF	5.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615830

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C702F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4273F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b24232;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 66, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.149 30.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d07b6a',
    500: '#b24232',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b24232;
$custom-light: #d07b6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b24232",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.5,
    "s": 56.14,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53121,
    "c": 0.1492,
    "h": 30.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B24232

secondary

#7BBCC5

accent

#CDDF48

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEB

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150A06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B24232

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

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