#B24842#B24842

#B24842 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.140 H 26.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B24842
RGB	rgb(178, 72, 66)
HSL	hsl(3, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(3, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.6%, 62.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.94, 42.76, 25.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.94, 49.88, 30.98°)
OKLab	oklab(54.17% 0.1255 0.0613)
OKLCH	oklch(54.17% 0.14 26)
XYZ	xyz(21.6628, 14.4959, 6.8104)
Luminance	0.1449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B24842 #42ACB2

analogous

#B24274 #B24842 #B28042

triadic

#B24842 #42B248 #4842B2

tetradic

#B24842 #74B242 #42ACB2 #8042B2

square

#B24842 #74B242 #42ACB2 #8042B2

split-complementary

#B24842 #42B280 #4274B2

monochromatic

#592421 #853631 #B24842 #C86F6A #D89A96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.39

#B24842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.90

#B24842 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B24842

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B24842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B24842	1.00	5.39	3.90	5.39
#FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635C41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E733F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C33347

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b24842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 72, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.140 26.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7f76',
    500: '#b24842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b24842;
$custom-light: #cf7f76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b24842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.214,
    "s": 45.902,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54168,
    "c": 0.13971,
    "h": 26
  },
  "luminance": 0.14493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B24842

secondary

#8CC1C4

accent

#CFD652

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEEED

border

#D4C9C8

text

#150A08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B24842

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

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