#B24247#B24247

#B24247 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.146 H 20.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B24247
RGB	rgb(178, 66, 71)
HSL	hsl(357, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(357, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.9%, 60.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.97, 45.90, 21.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.97, 50.66, 25.02°)
OKLab	oklab(53.47% 0.1363 0.0521)
OKLCH	oklch(53.47% 0.146 20.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.4476, 13.8192, 7.4980)
Luminance	0.1382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B24247 #42B2AD

analogous

#B2427F #B24247 #B27542

triadic

#B24247 #47B242 #4247B2

tetradic

#B24247 #7FB242 #42B2AD #7542B2

square

#B24247 #7FB242 #42B2AD #7542B2

split-complementary

#B24247 #42B275 #427FB2

monochromatic

#592123 #853135 #B24247 #C86A6E #D89699

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.58

#B24247 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#B24247 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B24247

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B24247	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B24247	1.00	5.58	3.76	5.58
#FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5946

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7144

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C32C45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b24247;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 66, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.146 20.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7c7a',
    500: '#b24247',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b24247;
$custom-light: #cf7c7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b24247",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.321,
    "s": 45.902,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53472,
    "c": 0.14592,
    "h": 20.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B24247

secondary

#8CC4C1

accent

#D6D052

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEEED

border

#D4C9C8

text

#150A09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B24247

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

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