#B24A42#B24A42

#B24A42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.137 H 27.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B24A42
RGB	rgb(178, 74, 66)
HSL	hsl(4, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(4, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.4%, 62.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.30, 41.80, 26.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.30, 49.30, 32.01°)
OKLab	oklab(54.44% 0.1225 0.0624)
OKLCH	oklch(54.44% 0.137 27)
XYZ	xyz(21.7943, 14.7587, 6.8542)
Luminance	0.1476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B24A42 #42AAB2

analogous

#B24272 #B24A42 #B28242

triadic

#B24A42 #42B24A #4A42B2

tetradic

#B24A42 #72B242 #42AAB2 #8242B2

square

#B24A42 #72B242 #42AAB2 #8242B2

split-complementary

#B24A42 #42B282 #4272B2

monochromatic

#592521 #853731 #B24A42 #C8706A #D89B96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.31

#B24A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.95

#B24A42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B24A42

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B24A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B24A42	1.00	5.31	3.95	5.31
#FFFFFF	5.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645D41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E743F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C33649

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b24a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 74, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.137 27.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8076',
    500: '#b24a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b24a42;
$custom-light: #cf8076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b24a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.286,
    "s": 45.902,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54444,
    "c": 0.13748,
    "h": 27
  },
  "luminance": 0.14756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B24A42

secondary

#8CC0C4

accent

#CCD652

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFED

border

#D4CAC8

text

#150A08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B24A42

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

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