#B54240#B54240

#B54240 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.150 H 24.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B54240
RGB	rgb(181, 66, 64)
HSL	hsl(1, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(1, 65%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.5%, 64.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.37, 46.48, 26.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.37, 53.38, 29.46°)
OKLab	oklab(53.83% 0.1365 0.0623)
OKLCH	oklch(53.83% 0.15 24.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.9318, 14.0933, 6.4149)
Luminance	0.1409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B54240 #40B3B5

analogous

#B54078 #B54240 #B57D40

triadic

#B54240 #40B542 #4240B5

tetradic

#B54240 #78B540 #40B3B5 #7D40B5

square

#B54240 #78B540 #40B3B5 #7D40B5

split-complementary

#B54240 #40B57D #4078B5

monochromatic

#5B2120 #883230 #B54240 #CA6A68 #DA9796

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.50

#B54240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.82

#B54240 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B54240

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B54240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B54240	1.00	5.50	3.82	5.50
#FFFFFF	5.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#60593F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D723D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C62943

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b54240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 66, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.150 24.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27c75',
    500: '#b54240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b54240;
$custom-light: #d27c75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b54240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.026,
    "s": 47.755,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53826,
    "c": 0.15005,
    "h": 24.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B54240

secondary

#8BC4C5

accent

#D5D750

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEEED

border

#D4C9C8

text

#150A08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B54240

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

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