#B74A2D#B74A2D

#B74A2D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.148 H 35.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B74A2D
RGB	rgb(183, 74, 45)
HSL	hsl(13, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(13, 75%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.6%, 75.4%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.85, 42.50, 38.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.85, 57.63, 42.49°)
OKLab	oklab(54.93% 0.1201 0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(54.93% 0.148 35.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.4532, 15.1574, 4.2254)
Luminance	0.1515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B74A2D #2D9AB7

analogous

#B72D55 #B74A2D #B78F2D

triadic

#B74A2D #2DB74A #4A2DB7

tetradic

#B74A2D #55B72D #2D9AB7 #8F2DB7

square

#B74A2D #55B72D #2D9AB7 #8F2DB7

split-complementary

#B74A2D #2DB78F #2D55B7

monochromatic

#552215 #863621 #B74A2D #D36A4E #DF937F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.21

#B74A2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.03

#B74A2D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B74A2D

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B74A2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B74A2D	1.00	5.21	4.03	5.21
#FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#685D29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83762A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C93144

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b74a2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 74, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.148 35.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48067',
    500: '#b74a2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b74a2d;
$custom-light: #d48067;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b74a2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.609,
    "s": 60.526,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54928,
    "c": 0.14812,
    "h": 35.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B74A2D

secondary

#78B7C8

accent

#C2E444

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160A06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B74A2D

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

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