#B74740#B74740

#B74740 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.147 H 26.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B74740
RGB	rgb(183, 71, 64)
HSL	hsl(4, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(4, 65%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.2%, 65%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.56, 44.91, 27.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.56, 52.83, 31.78°)
OKLab	oklab(54.79% 0.1313 0.0658)
OKLCH	oklch(54.79% 0.147 26.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.7093, 14.9469, 6.5387)
Luminance	0.1494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B74740 #40B0B7

analogous

#B74074 #B74740 #B78240

triadic

#B74740 #40B747 #4740B7

tetradic

#B74740 #74B740 #40B0B7 #8240B7

square

#B74740 #74B740 #40B0B7 #8240B7

split-complementary

#B74740 #40B782 #4074B7

monochromatic

#5C2420 #8A3530 #B74740 #CB6F69 #DB9B97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.26

#B74740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.99

#B74740 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B74740

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B74740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B74740	1.00	5.26	3.99	5.26
#FFFFFF	5.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645D3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80753D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C83046

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b74740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 71, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.147 26.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37f75',
    500: '#b74740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b74740;
$custom-light: #d37f75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b74740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.529,
    "s": 48.178,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5479,
    "c": 0.14687,
    "h": 26.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B74740

secondary

#8DC3C6

accent

#D0D850

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFED

border

#D4CAC8

text

#150A08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B74740

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

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