#B74C48#B74C48

#B74C48 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.140 H 24.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B74C48
RGB	rgb(183, 76, 72)
HSL	hsl(2, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(2, 61%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 60.7%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.59, 43.08, 24.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.59, 49.50, 29.49°)
OKLab	oklab(55.61% 0.1271 0.0588)
OKLCH	oklch(55.61% 0.14 24.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.2847, 15.7070, 7.9352)
Luminance	0.1570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B74C48 #48B3B7

analogous

#B7487C #B74C48 #B78348

triadic

#B74C48 #48B74C #4C48B7

tetradic

#B74C48 #7CB748 #48B3B7 #8348B7

square

#B74C48 #7CB748 #48B3B7 #8348B7

split-complementary

#B74C48 #48B783 #487CB7

monochromatic

#5F2825 #8B3A37 #B74C48 #C87774 #DAA2A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.07

#B74C48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.14

#B74C48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B74C48

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B74C48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B74C48	1.00	5.07	4.14	5.07
#FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#676047

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817745

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8384C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b74c48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 76, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.140 24.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2827b',
    500: '#b74c48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b74c48;
$custom-light: #d2827b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b74c48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.162,
    "s": 43.529,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55606,
    "c": 0.14,
    "h": 24.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B74C48

secondary

#95C4C6

accent

#CFD355

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFED

border

#D4CAC8

text

#150B09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B74C48

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

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