#B74C38#B74C38

#B74C38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.143 H 32.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B74C38
RGB	rgb(183, 76, 56)
HSL	hsl(9, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(9, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 69.4%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.34, 42.08, 33.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.34, 53.72, 38.44°)
OKLab	oklab(55.34% 0.1209 0.0769)
OKLCH	oklch(55.34% 0.143 32.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.8289, 15.5247, 5.5350)
Luminance	0.1552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B74C38 #38A3B7

analogous

#B73864 #B74C38 #B78C38

triadic

#B74C38 #38B74C #4C38B7

tetradic

#B74C38 #64B738 #38A3B7 #8C38B7

square

#B74C38 #64B738 #38A3B7 #8C38B7

split-complementary

#B74C38 #38B78C #3864B7

monochromatic

#59251B #88392A #B74C38 #CE705E #DC9A8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.12

#B74C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.10

#B74C38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B74C38

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B74C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B74C38	1.00	5.12	4.10	5.12
#FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#695F36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837735

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C93548

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b74c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 76, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.143 32.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3826f',
    500: '#b74c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b74c38;
$custom-light: #d3826f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b74c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.449,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55344,
    "c": 0.14333,
    "h": 32.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B74C38

secondary

#84BCC7

accent

#C6DD4B

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBEFEC

border

#D4CAC7

text

#150B07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B74C38

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

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