#B24541#B24541

#B24541 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.143 H 25.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#B24541
RGBrgb(178, 69, 65)
HSLhsl(2, 47%, 48%)
HSVhsv(2, 63%, 70%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 61.2%, 63.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LABlab(44.38, 44.11, 25.57)
CIE-LCHlch(44.38, 50.99, 30.10°)
OKLaboklab(53.75% 0.1296 0.061)
OKLCHoklch(53.75% 0.143 25.2)
XYZxyz(21.4444, 14.1057, 6.5934)
Luminance0.1410 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#B24541 #41AEB2
analogous
#B24175 #B24541 #B27E41
triadic
#B24541 #41B245 #4541B2
tetradic
#B24541 #75B241 #41AEB2 #7E41B2
square
#B24541 #75B241 #41AEB2 #7E41B2
split-complementary
#B24541 #41B27E #4175B2
monochromatic
#582220 #853431 #B24541 #C86C68 #D89795

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.50
#B24541 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.82
#B24541 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B24541
5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##B24541#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##B245411.005.503.825.50
#FFFFFF5.501.0021.001.00
#0000003.8221.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.501.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#615A40
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7C723E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C32F45
Achromatopsia (no color)
#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #b24541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 69, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.143 25.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7d75',
    500: '#b24541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #b24541;
$custom-light: #cf7d75;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#b24541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.124,
    "s": 46.502,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53747,
    "c": 0.14322,
    "h": 25.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#B24541
secondary
#8BC2C4
accent
#D1D652
background
#FDF7F7
surface
#FBEEED
border
#D4C9C8
text
#150A08
muted
#837C7B

Preview Lab

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#B24541 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva