#B24249#B24249

#B24249 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.146 H 19.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B24249
RGB	rgb(178, 66, 73)
HSL	hsl(356, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(356, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.9%, 59%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.01, 46.05, 20.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.01, 50.31, 23.74°)
OKLab	oklab(53.51% 0.1371 0.0495)
OKLCH	oklch(53.51% 0.146 19.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.5129, 13.8453, 7.8416)
Luminance	0.1384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B24249 #42B2AB

analogous

#B24281 #B24249 #B27342

triadic

#B24249 #49B242 #4249B2

tetradic

#B24249 #81B242 #42B2AB #7342B2

square

#B24249 #81B242 #42B2AB #7342B2

split-complementary

#B24249 #42B273 #4281B2

monochromatic

#592124 #853137 #B24249 #C86A6F #D8969A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.57

#B24249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#B24249 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B24249

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B24249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B24249	1.00	5.57	3.77	5.57
#FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5949

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7146

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C32C45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b24249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 66, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.146 19.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7c7b',
    500: '#b24249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b24249;
$custom-light: #cf7c7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b24249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.25,
    "s": 45.902,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53512,
    "c": 0.14578,
    "h": 19.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B24249

secondary

#8CC4C0

accent

#D6CD52

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEEED

border

#D3C9C8

text

#150A09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B24249

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

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