#B74A2E#B74A2E

#B74A2E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.148 H 35.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B74A2E
RGB	rgb(183, 74, 46)
HSL	hsl(12, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(12, 75%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.6%, 74.9%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.86, 42.54, 38.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.86, 57.31, 42.07°)
OKLab	oklab(54.94% 0.1205 0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(54.94% 0.148 35.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.4727, 15.1652, 4.3280)
Luminance	0.1516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B74A2E #2E9BB7

analogous

#B72E56 #B74A2E #B78F2E

triadic

#B74A2E #2EB74A #4A2EB7

tetradic

#B74A2E #56B72E #2E9BB7 #8F2EB7

square

#B74A2E #56B72E #2E9BB7 #8F2EB7

split-complementary

#B74A2E #2EB78F #2E56B7

monochromatic

#552215 #863622 #B74A2E #D36A4F #DF9480

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.21

#B74A2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.03

#B74A2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B74A2E

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B74A2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B74A2E	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)

#685E2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83762B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C93144

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b74a2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 74, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.148 35.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48068',
    500: '#b74a2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b74a2e;
$custom-light: #d48068;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b74a2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.263,
    "s": 59.825,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54939,
    "c": 0.14787,
    "h": 35.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B74A2E

secondary

#79B8C8

accent

#C3E345

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160A06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B74A2E

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

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