#B74A38#B74A38

#B74A38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.145 H 31.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B74A38
RGB	rgb(183, 74, 56)
HSL	hsl(9, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(9, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.6%, 69.4%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.98, 43.03, 32.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.98, 54.22, 37.46°)
OKLab	oklab(55.07% 0.1239 0.076)
OKLCH	oklch(55.07% 0.145 31.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.6933, 15.2534, 5.4898)
Luminance	0.1525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B74A38 #38A5B7

analogous

#B73866 #B74A38 #B78A38

triadic

#B74A38 #38B74A #4A38B7

tetradic

#B74A38 #66B738 #38A5B7 #8A38B7

square

#B74A38 #66B738 #38A5B7 #8A38B7

split-complementary

#B74A38 #38B78A #3866B7

monochromatic

#59241B #88372A #B74A38 #CE6E5E #DC988D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.19

#B74A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.05

#B74A38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B74A38

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B74A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B74A38	1.00	5.19	4.05	5.19
#FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#675E36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827635

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C93246

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b74a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 74, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.145 31.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3806f',
    500: '#b74a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b74a38;
$custom-light: #d3806f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b74a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.504,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55068,
    "c": 0.14536,
    "h": 31.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B74A38

secondary

#84BDC7

accent

#C8DD4B

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBEFEC

border

#D4CAC7

text

#150A07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B74A38

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

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