#B24A55#B24A55

#B24A55 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.136 H 16.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B24A55
RGB	rgb(178, 74, 85)
HSL	hsl(354, 41%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(354, 58%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.4%, 52.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.66, 43.29, 15.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.66, 45.86, 19.30°)
OKLab	oklab(54.83% 0.1302 0.0381)
OKLCH	oklch(54.83% 0.136 16.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.4503, 15.0211, 10.3097)
Luminance	0.1502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B24A55 #4AB2A7

analogous

#B24A89 #B24A55 #B2734A

triadic

#B24A55 #55B24A #4A55B2

tetradic

#B24A55 #89B24A #4AB2A7 #734AB2

square

#B24A55 #89B24A #4AB2A7 #734AB2

split-complementary

#B24A55 #4AB273 #4A89B2

monochromatic

#5C262C #873840 #B24A55 #C5747D #D79FA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.25

#B24A55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.00

#B24A55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B24A55

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B24A55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B24A55	1.00	5.25	4.00	5.25
#FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625F55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7453

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C23A4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b24a55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 74, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.136 16.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8184',
    500: '#b24a55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b24a55;
$custom-light: #ce8184;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b24a55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.654,
    "s": 41.27,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54834,
    "c": 0.13563,
    "h": 16.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B24A55

secondary

#94C4BF

accent

#D1C457

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FAEFEF

border

#D3CACA

text

#140B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B24A55

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

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