#B24A31#B24A31

#B24A31 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.141 H 34.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B24A31
RGB	rgb(178, 74, 49)
HSL	hsl(12, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(12, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.4%, 72.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.06, 40.81, 35.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.06, 54.19, 41.14°)
OKLab	oklab(54.19% 0.1162 0.0808)
OKLCH	oklch(54.19% 0.141 34.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.3654, 14.5871, 4.5957)
Luminance	0.1458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B24A31 #3199B2

analogous

#B23159 #B24A31 #B28B31

triadic

#B24A31 #31B24A #4A31B2

tetradic

#B24A31 #59B231 #3199B2 #8B31B2

square

#B24A31 #59B231 #3199B2 #8B31B2

split-complementary

#B24A31 #31B28B #3159B2

monochromatic

#522217 #823624 #B24A31 #CF6A51 #DC9381

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.36

#B24A31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.92

#B24A31 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B24A31

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B24A31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B24A31	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)

#665C2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80732E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C33345

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b24a31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 74, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.141 34.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0806a',
    500: '#b24a31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b24a31;
$custom-light: #d0806a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b24a31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.628,
    "s": 56.828,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54187,
    "c": 0.14149,
    "h": 34.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B24A31

secondary

#79B7C5

accent

#C3E048

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBEFEB

border

#D4CAC6

text

#150A06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B24A31

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

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