#B74A42#B74A42

#B74A42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.143 H 27.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B74A42
RGB	rgb(183, 74, 66)
HSL	hsl(4, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(4, 64%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.6%, 63.9%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.13, 43.63, 27.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.13, 51.49, 32.07°)
OKLab	oklab(55.23% 0.1277 0.0649)
OKLCH	oklch(55.23% 0.143 27)
XYZ	xyz(22.9628, 15.3612, 6.9090)
Luminance	0.1536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B74A42 #42AFB7

analogous

#B74275 #B74A42 #B78542

triadic

#B74A42 #42B74A #4A42B7

tetradic

#B74A42 #75B742 #42AFB7 #8542B7

square

#B74A42 #75B742 #42AFB7 #8542B7

split-complementary

#B74A42 #42B785 #4275B7

monochromatic

#5D2622 #8A3832 #B74A42 #CA736C #DA9E99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.16

#B74A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.07

#B74A42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B74A42

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B74A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B74A42	1.00	5.16	4.07	5.16
#FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665F41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81763F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C83449

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b74a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 74, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.143 27.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38176',
    500: '#b74a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b74a42;
$custom-light: #d38176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b74a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.103,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55225,
    "c": 0.14324,
    "h": 27
  },
  "luminance": 0.15358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B74A42

secondary

#8FC2C6

accent

#CDD751

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFED

border

#D4CAC8

text

#150B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B74A42

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

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