#B24237#B24237

#B24237 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.148 H 28.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B24237
RGB	rgb(178, 66, 55)
HSL	hsl(5, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(5, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.9%, 69.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.71, 44.89, 30.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.71, 54.37, 34.34°)
OKLab	oklab(53.19% 0.1301 0.071)
OKLCH	oklch(53.19% 0.148 28.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.0000, 13.6401, 5.1407)
Luminance	0.1364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B24237 #37A7B2

analogous

#B23769 #B24237 #B27F37

triadic

#B24237 #37B242 #4237B2

tetradic

#B24237 #69B237 #37A7B2 #7F37B2

square

#B24237 #69B237 #37A7B2 #7F37B2

split-complementary

#B24237 #37B27F #3769B2

monochromatic

#541F1A #833129 #B24237 #CC645A #DB9089

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.63

#B24237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.73

#B24237 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B24237

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B24237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B24237	1.00	5.63	3.73	5.63
#FFFFFF	5.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605835

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7034

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C32840

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b24237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 66, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.148 28.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d07b6e',
    500: '#b24237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b24237;
$custom-light: #d07b6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b24237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.366,
    "s": 52.79,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53192,
    "c": 0.1482,
    "h": 28.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B24237

secondary

#80BEC5

accent

#CFDC4C

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEC

border

#D4C9C7

text

#150A07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B24237

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

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