#B24340#B24340

#B24340 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.146 H 24.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B24340
RGB	rgb(178, 67, 64)
HSL	hsl(2, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(2, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.4%, 64%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.02, 44.97, 25.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.02, 51.80, 29.76°)
OKLab	oklab(53.47% 0.1321 0.0612)
OKLCH	oklch(53.47% 0.146 24.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.2947, 13.8523, 6.4019)
Luminance	0.1385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B24340 #40AFB2

analogous

#B24076 #B24340 #B27C40

triadic

#B24340 #40B243 #4340B2

tetradic

#B24340 #76B240 #40AFB2 #7C40B2

square

#B24340 #76B240 #40AFB2 #7C40B2

split-complementary

#B24340 #40B27C #4076B2

monochromatic

#582120 #853230 #B24340 #C86967 #D89694

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.57

#B24340 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#B24340 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B24340

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B24340	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B24340	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)

#60593F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C713D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C32C43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b24340;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 67, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.146 24.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7c75',
    500: '#b24340',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b24340;
$custom-light: #cf7c75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b24340",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.579,
    "s": 47.107,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53468,
    "c": 0.14558,
    "h": 24.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B24340

secondary

#8AC2C4

accent

#D3D751

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEEED

border

#D4C9C8

text

#150A08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B24340

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

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