#B24848#B24848

#B24848 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.139 H 22.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B24848
RGB	rgb(178, 72, 72)
HSL	hsl(0, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(0, 60%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.6%, 59.6%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.04, 43.19, 22.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.04, 48.56, 27.21°)
OKLab	oklab(54.28% 0.1279 0.054)
OKLCH	oklch(54.28% 0.139 22.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.8491, 14.5704, 7.7914)
Luminance	0.1457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B24848 #48B2B2

analogous

#B2487D #B24848 #B27D48

triadic

#B24848 #48B248 #4848B2

tetradic

#B24848 #7DB248 #48B2B2 #7D48B2

square

#B24848 #7DB248 #48B2B2 #7D48B2

split-complementary

#B24848 #48B27D #487DB2

monochromatic

#5B2525 #863636 #B24848 #C67171 #D79D9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.37

#B24848 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#B24848 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B24848

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B24848	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B24848	1.00	5.37	3.91	5.37
#FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625D47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7345

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C23549

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b24848;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 72, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.139 22.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7f7b',
    500: '#b24848',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b24848;
$custom-light: #cf7f7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b24848",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 42.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5428,
    "c": 0.13884,
    "h": 22.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B24848

secondary

#92C4C4

accent

#D2D256

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAEFED

border

#D3CAC8

text

#150A09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B24848

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

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