#B24238#B24238

#B24238 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.148 H 28.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B24238
RGB	rgb(178, 66, 56)
HSL	hsl(5, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(5, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.9%, 68.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.73, 44.95, 30.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.73, 54.09, 33.81°)
OKLab	oklab(53.21% 0.1305 0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(53.21% 0.148 28.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.0243, 13.6498, 5.2682)
Luminance	0.1365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B24238 #38A8B2

analogous

#B2386B #B24238 #B27F38

triadic

#B24238 #38B242 #4238B2

tetradic

#B24238 #6BB238 #38A8B2 #7F38B2

square

#B24238 #6BB238 #38A8B2 #7F38B2

split-complementary

#B24238 #38B27F #386BB2

monochromatic

#551F1B #833129 #B24238 #CC655C #DA918A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.63

#B24238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.73

#B24238 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B24238

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B24238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B24238	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)

#605836

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7035

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C32840

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b24238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 66, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.148 28.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d07b6f',
    500: '#b24238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b24238;
$custom-light: #d07b6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b24238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.918,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53208,
    "c": 0.148,
    "h": 28.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B24238

secondary

#81BFC5

accent

#D0DC4C

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEC

border

#D4C9C7

text

#150A07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B24238

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

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