#B24949#B24949

#B24949 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.138 H 22.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B24949
RGB	rgb(178, 73, 73)
HSL	hsl(0, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(0, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59%, 59%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.24, 42.78, 21.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.24, 48.05, 27.07°)
OKLab	oklab(54.44% 0.1268 0.0533)
OKLCH	oklch(54.44% 0.138 22.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.9472, 14.7139, 7.9864)
Luminance	0.1471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B24949 #49B2B2

analogous

#B2497E #B24949 #B27E49

triadic

#B24949 #49B249 #4949B2

tetradic

#B24949 #7EB249 #49B2B2 #7E49B2

square

#B24949 #7EB249 #49B2B2 #7E49B2

split-complementary

#B24949 #49B27E #497EB2

monochromatic

#5B2525 #873737 #B24949 #C57373 #D79E9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.33

#B24949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.94

#B24949 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B24949

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B24949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B24949	1.00	5.33	3.94	5.33
#FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635D48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7347

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2364A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b24949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 73, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.138 22.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf807b',
    500: '#b24949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b24949;
$custom-light: #cf807b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b24949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 41.833,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54437,
    "c": 0.13755,
    "h": 22.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B24949

secondary

#93C4C4

accent

#D2D256

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAEFEE

border

#D3CAC9

text

#150A09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B24949

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

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