#B24442#B24442

#B24442 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.144 H 24.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B24442
RGB	rgb(178, 68, 66)
HSL	hsl(1, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(1, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.8%, 62.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.23, 44.64, 24.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.23, 51.06, 29.03°)
OKLab	oklab(53.63% 0.1314 0.0593)
OKLCH	oklch(53.63% 0.144 24.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.4126, 13.9954, 6.7270)
Luminance	0.1399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B24442 #42B0B2

analogous

#B24278 #B24442 #B27C42

triadic

#B24442 #42B244 #4442B2

tetradic

#B24442 #78B242 #42B0B2 #7C42B2

square

#B24442 #78B242 #42B0B2 #7C42B2

split-complementary

#B24442 #42B27C #4278B2

monochromatic

#592221 #853331 #B24442 #C86B6A #D89796

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.53

#B24442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#B24442 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B24442

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B24442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B24442	1.00	5.53	3.80	5.53
#FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605A41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C713F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C32E44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b24442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 68, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.144 24.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7d76',
    500: '#b24442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b24442;
$custom-light: #cf7d76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b24442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.071,
    "s": 45.902,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53634,
    "c": 0.14418,
    "h": 24.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B24442

secondary

#8CC3C4

accent

#D3D652

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEEED

border

#D4C9C8

text

#150A08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B24442

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

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