#B24243#B24243

#B24243 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.146 H 23.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B24243
RGB	rgb(178, 66, 67)
HSL	hsl(359, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(359, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.9%, 62.4%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.90, 45.62, 23.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.90, 51.44, 27.51°)
OKLab	oklab(53.4% 0.1347 0.0571)
OKLCH	oklch(53.4% 0.146 23)
XYZ	xyz(21.3235, 13.7695, 6.8440)
Luminance	0.1377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B24243 #42B2B1

analogous

#B2427B #B24243 #B27942

triadic

#B24243 #43B242 #4243B2

tetradic

#B24243 #7BB242 #42B2B1 #7942B2

square

#B24243 #7BB242 #42B2B1 #7942B2

split-complementary

#B24243 #42B279 #427BB2

monochromatic

#592121 #853132 #B24243 #C86A6A #D89697

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.59

#B24243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#B24243 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B24243

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B24243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B24243	1.00	5.59	3.75	5.59
#FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5942

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7140

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C32B43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b24243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 66, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.146 23.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7c77',
    500: '#b24243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b24243;
$custom-light: #cf7c77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b24243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.464,
    "s": 45.902,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53395,
    "c": 0.1463,
    "h": 23
  },
  "luminance": 0.13767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B24243

secondary

#8CC4C3

accent

#D6D452

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEEED

border

#D4C9C8

text

#150A08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B24243

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

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