#B74C49#B74C49

#B74C49 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.140 H 24.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B74C49
RGB	rgb(183, 76, 73)
HSL	hsl(2, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(2, 60%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 60.1%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.61, 43.16, 23.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.61, 49.28, 28.87°)
OKLab	oklab(55.63% 0.1275 0.0576)
OKLCH	oklch(55.63% 0.14 24.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.3176, 15.7201, 8.1084)
Luminance	0.1572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B74C49 #49B4B7

analogous

#B7497D #B74C49 #B78349

triadic

#B74C49 #49B74C #4C49B7

tetradic

#B74C49 #7DB749 #49B4B7 #8349B7

square

#B74C49 #7DB749 #49B4B7 #8349B7

split-complementary

#B74C49 #49B783 #497DB7

monochromatic

#602726 #8C3A37 #B74C49 #C87775 #DAA2A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.07

#B74C49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.14

#B74C49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B74C49

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B74C49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B74C49	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)

#676048

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817746

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8384C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b74c49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 76, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.140 24.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2827b',
    500: '#b74c49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b74c49;
$custom-light: #d2827b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b74c49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.636,
    "s": 43.307,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55625,
    "c": 0.13985,
    "h": 24.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B74C49

secondary

#95C5C6

accent

#D0D355

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFEE

border

#D4CAC9

text

#150B09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B74C49

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →