#B24838#B24838

#B24838 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.142 H 30.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B24838
RGB	rgb(178, 72, 56)
HSL	hsl(8, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(8, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.6%, 68.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.78, 42.15, 31.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.78, 52.53, 36.65°)
OKLab	oklab(54.01% 0.1217 0.0727)
OKLCH	oklch(54.01% 0.142 30.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.3934, 14.3881, 5.3912)
Luminance	0.1439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B24838 #38A2B2

analogous

#B23865 #B24838 #B28538

triadic

#B24838 #38B248 #4838B2

tetradic

#B24838 #65B238 #38A2B2 #8538B2

square

#B24838 #65B238 #38A2B2 #8538B2

split-complementary

#B24838 #38B285 #3865B2

monochromatic

#55221B #833529 #B24838 #CC6A5C #DA958A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.42

#B24838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#B24838 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B24838

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B24838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B24838	1.00	5.42	3.88	5.42
#FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645C36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7335

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C33145

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b24838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 72, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.142 30.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d07f6f',
    500: '#b24838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b24838;
$custom-light: #d07f6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b24838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.869,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54005,
    "c": 0.14174,
    "h": 30.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B24838

secondary

#81BCC5

accent

#C9DC4C

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEC

border

#D4C9C7

text

#150A07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B24838

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

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