#B24849#B24849

#B24849 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.139 H 22.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B24849
RGB	rgb(178, 72, 73)
HSL	hsl(359, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(359, 60%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.6%, 59%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.06, 43.26, 21.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.06, 48.37, 26.56°)
OKLab	oklab(54.3% 0.1283 0.0527)
OKLCH	oklch(54.3% 0.139 22.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.8820, 14.5835, 7.9646)
Luminance	0.1458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B24849 #48B2B1

analogous

#B2487E #B24849 #B27C48

triadic

#B24849 #49B248 #4849B2

tetradic

#B24849 #7EB248 #48B2B1 #7C48B2

square

#B24849 #7EB248 #48B2B1 #7C48B2

split-complementary

#B24849 #48B27C #487EB2

monochromatic

#5B2525 #863637 #B24849 #C67172 #D79D9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.36

#B24849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.92

#B24849 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B24849

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B24849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B24849	1.00	5.36	3.92	5.36
#FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625D48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7346

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C23549

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b24849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 72, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.139 22.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7f7b',
    500: '#b24849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b24849;
$custom-light: #cf7f7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b24849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.434,
    "s": 42.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.543,
    "c": 0.13873,
    "h": 22.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B24849

secondary

#92C4C3

accent

#D2D156

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAEFEE

border

#D3CAC9

text

#150A09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B24849

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

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