#B24939#B24939

#B24939 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.140 H 30.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B24939
RGB	rgb(178, 73, 57)
HSL	hsl(8, 51%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(8, 68%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59%, 68%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.98, 41.72, 31.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.98, 51.99, 36.63°)
OKLab	oklab(54.16% 0.1206 0.0721)
OKLCH	oklch(54.16% 0.14 30.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.4833, 14.5283, 5.5431)
Luminance	0.1452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B24939 #39A2B2

analogous

#B23965 #B24939 #B28539

triadic

#B24939 #39B249 #4939B2

tetradic

#B24939 #65B239 #39A2B2 #8539B2

square

#B24939 #65B239 #39A2B2 #8539B2

split-complementary

#B24939 #39B285 #3965B2

monochromatic

#55231B #84362A #B24939 #CB6C5D #DA968B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.38

#B24939 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.90

#B24939 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B24939

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B24939	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B24939	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)

#655C37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7336

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C33346

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b24939;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 73, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.140 30.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7f70',
    500: '#b24939',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b24939;
$custom-light: #cf7f70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b24939",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.934,
    "s": 51.489,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54158,
    "c": 0.14047,
    "h": 30.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B24939

secondary

#82BCC4

accent

#C8DB4D

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBEFEC

border

#D4CAC7

text

#150A07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B24939

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

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