#B24342#B24342

#B24342 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.145 H 23.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B24342
RGB	rgb(178, 67, 66)
HSL	hsl(1, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(1, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.4%, 62.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.05, 45.10, 24.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.05, 51.35, 28.57°)
OKLab	oklab(53.5% 0.1329 0.0588)
OKLCH	oklch(53.5% 0.145 23.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.3527, 13.8755, 6.7070)
Luminance	0.1387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B24342 #42B1B2

analogous

#B24279 #B24342 #B27B42

triadic

#B24342 #42B243 #4342B2

tetradic

#B24342 #79B242 #42B1B2 #7B42B2

square

#B24342 #79B242 #42B1B2 #7B42B2

split-complementary

#B24342 #42B27B #4279B2

monochromatic

#592121 #853231 #B24342 #C86A6A #D89796

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.56

#B24342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#B24342 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B24342

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B24342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B24342	1.00	5.56	3.77	5.56
#FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605941

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B713F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C32C44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b24342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 67, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.145 23.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7c76',
    500: '#b24342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b24342;
$custom-light: #cf7c76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b24342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.536,
    "s": 45.902,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53504,
    "c": 0.1453,
    "h": 23.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B24342

secondary

#8CC3C4

accent

#D4D652

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEEED

border

#D4C9C8

text

#150A08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B24342

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

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