#B74A49#B74A49

#B74A49 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.142 H 23.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B74A49
RGB	rgb(183, 74, 73)
HSL	hsl(1, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(1, 60%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.6%, 60.1%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.24, 44.11, 23.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.24, 49.90, 27.87°)
OKLab	oklab(55.35% 0.1304 0.0565)
OKLCH	oklch(55.35% 0.142 23.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.1819, 15.4488, 8.0632)
Luminance	0.1545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B74A49 #49B6B7

analogous

#B7497F #B74A49 #B78149

triadic

#B74A49 #49B74A #4A49B7

tetradic

#B74A49 #7FB749 #49B6B7 #8149B7

square

#B74A49 #7FB749 #49B6B7 #8149B7

split-complementary

#B74A49 #49B781 #497FB7

monochromatic

#602626 #8C3837 #B74A49 #C87675 #DAA1A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.14

#B74A49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.09

#B74A49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B74A49

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B74A49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B74A49	1.00	5.14	4.09	5.14
#FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655F48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807646

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8364B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b74a49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 74, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.142 23.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2817b',
    500: '#b74a49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b74a49;
$custom-light: #d2817b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b74a49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.545,
    "s": 43.307,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55352,
    "c": 0.14215,
    "h": 23.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B74A49

secondary

#95C6C6

accent

#D2D355

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFEE

border

#D4CAC9

text

#150B09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B74A49

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

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