#B24938#B24938

#B24938 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.141 H 31.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B24938
RGB	rgb(178, 73, 56)
HSL	hsl(8, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(8, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59%, 68.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.97, 41.67, 31.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.97, 52.28, 37.16°)
OKLab	oklab(54.14% 0.1202 0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(54.14% 0.141 31.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.4586, 14.5184, 5.4130)
Luminance	0.1452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B24938 #38A1B2

analogous

#B23864 #B24938 #B28638

triadic

#B24938 #38B249 #4938B2

tetradic

#B24938 #64B238 #38A1B2 #8638B2

square

#B24938 #64B238 #38A1B2 #8638B2

split-complementary

#B24938 #38B286 #3864B2

monochromatic

#55231B #833629 #B24938 #CC6B5C #DA958A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.38

#B24938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.90

#B24938 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B24938

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B24938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B24938	1.00	5.38	3.90	5.38
#FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655C36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7335

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C33345

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b24938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 73, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.141 31.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d07f6f',
    500: '#b24938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b24938;
$custom-light: #d07f6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b24938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.361,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54143,
    "c": 0.14071,
    "h": 31.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B24938

secondary

#81BBC5

accent

#C8DC4C

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBEFEC

border

#D4CAC7

text

#150A07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B24938

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

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