#B73224#B73224

#B73224 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.172 H 29.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B73224
RGB	rgb(183, 50, 36)
HSL	hsl(6, 67%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(6, 80%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.7%, 80.3%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.97, 52.36, 39.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.97, 65.73, 37.19°)
OKLab	oklab(51.98% 0.149 0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(51.98% 0.172 29.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.9900, 12.4791, 2.9722)
Luminance	0.1248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B73224 #24A9B7

analogous

#B72460 #B73224 #B77B24

triadic

#B73224 #24B732 #3224B7

tetradic

#B73224 #60B724 #24A9B7 #7B24B7

square

#B73224 #60B724 #24A9B7 #7B24B7

split-complementary

#B73224 #24B77B #2460B7

monochromatic

#511610 #84241A #B73224 #D94E3F #E37D72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.01

#B73224 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#B73224 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B73224

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B73224	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B73224	1.00	6.01	3.50	6.01
#FFFFFF	6.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5021

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B6E1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA0030

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b73224;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 50, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.172 29.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d67360',
    500: '#b73224',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b73224;
$custom-light: #d67360;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b73224",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.714,
    "s": 67.123,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51981,
    "c": 0.172,
    "h": 29.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B73224

secondary

#6DC1CA

accent

#DAEA3E

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEDE9

border

#D5C8C5

text

#160905

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B73224

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

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