#B24424#B24424

#B24424 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.151 H 36.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B24424
RGB	rgb(178, 68, 36)
HSL	hsl(14, 66%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(14, 80%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.8%, 79.8%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.84, 43.12, 41.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.84, 59.70, 43.76°)
OKLab	oklab(53.22% 0.1209 0.0897)
OKLCH	oklch(53.22% 0.151 36.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.7479, 13.7295, 3.2263)
Luminance	0.1373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B24424 #2492B2

analogous

#B2244B #B24424 #B28B24

triadic

#B24424 #24B244 #4424B2

tetradic

#B24424 #4BB224 #2492B2 #8B24B2

square

#B24424 #4BB224 #2492B2 #8B24B2

split-complementary

#B24424 #24B28B #244BB2

monochromatic

#4C1D0F #7F311A #B24424 #D85F3C #E2896F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.61

#B24424 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#B24424 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B24424

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B24424	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B24424	1.00	5.61	3.75	5.61
#FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#63581F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7120

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4283E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b24424;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 68, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.151 36.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17c61',
    500: '#b24424',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b24424;
$custom-light: #d17c61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b24424",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.521,
    "s": 66.355,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53222,
    "c": 0.15051,
    "h": 36.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B24424

secondary

#69B3C8

accent

#C3E93F

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEEEA

border

#D4C9C6

text

#160A05

muted

#847C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B24424

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

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