#B24840#B24840

#B24840 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.140 H 27.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B24840
RGB	rgb(178, 72, 64)
HSL	hsl(4, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(4, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.6%, 64%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.90, 42.63, 26.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.90, 50.37, 32.17°)
OKLab	oklab(54.13% 0.1248 0.0637)
OKLCH	oklch(54.13% 0.14 27)
XYZ	xyz(21.6049, 14.4727, 6.5053)
Luminance	0.1447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B24840 #40AAB2

analogous

#B24071 #B24840 #B28140

triadic

#B24840 #40B248 #4840B2

tetradic

#B24840 #71B240 #40AAB2 #8140B2

square

#B24840 #71B240 #40AAB2 #8140B2

split-complementary

#B24840 #40B281 #4071B2

monochromatic

#582420 #853630 #B24840 #C86E67 #D89994

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.39

#B24840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#B24840 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B24840

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B24840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B24840	1.00	5.39	3.89	5.39
#FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635C3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E733D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C33347

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b24840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 72, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.140 27.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7f75',
    500: '#b24840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b24840;
$custom-light: #cf7f75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b24840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.211,
    "s": 47.107,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54133,
    "c": 0.14007,
    "h": 27
  },
  "luminance": 0.1447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B24840

secondary

#8AC0C4

accent

#CDD751

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEEED

border

#D4C9C8

text

#150A08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B24840

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

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