#B24438#B24438

#B24438 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.146 H 29.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B24438
RGB	rgb(178, 68, 56)
HSL	hsl(6, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(6, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.8%, 68.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.07, 44.03, 30.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.07, 53.57, 34.72°)
OKLab	oklab(53.47% 0.1276 0.0708)
OKLCH	oklch(53.47% 0.146 29)
XYZ	xyz(21.1432, 13.8876, 5.3078)
Luminance	0.1389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B24438 #38A6B2

analogous

#B23869 #B24438 #B28138

triadic

#B24438 #38B244 #4438B2

tetradic

#B24438 #69B238 #38A6B2 #8138B2

square

#B24438 #69B238 #38A6B2 #8138B2

split-complementary

#B24438 #38B281 #3869B2

monochromatic

#55201B #833229 #B24438 #CC675C #DA928A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.56

#B24438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78

#B24438 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B24438

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B24438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B24438	1.00	5.56	3.78	5.56
#FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615936

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7135

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C32C42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b24438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 68, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.146 29.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d07d6f',
    500: '#b24438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b24438;
$custom-light: #d07d6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b24438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.902,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53467,
    "c": 0.1459,
    "h": 29
  },
  "luminance": 0.13885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B24438

secondary

#81BEC5

accent

#CDDC4C

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEC

border

#D4C9C7

text

#150A07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B24438

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

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