#B74E35#B74E35

#B74E35 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.142 H 34.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B74E35
RGB	rgb(183, 78, 53)
HSL	hsl(12, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(12, 71%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.4%, 71%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.68, 40.95, 35.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.68, 54.17, 40.90°)
OKLab	oklab(55.58% 0.1168 0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(55.58% 0.142 34.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.8977, 15.7761, 5.2068)
Luminance	0.1577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B74E35 #359EB7

analogous

#B7355D #B74E35 #B78F35

triadic

#B74E35 #35B74E #4E35B7

tetradic

#B74E35 #5DB735 #359EB7 #8F35B7

square

#B74E35 #5DB735 #359EB7 #8F35B7

split-complementary

#B74E35 #35B78F #355DB7

monochromatic

#58261A #883A27 #B74E35 #CF715A #DD9A89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.05

#B74E35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#B74E35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B74E35

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B74E35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B74E35	1.00	5.05	4.15	5.05
#FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6032

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847732

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C93849

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b74e35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 78, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.142 34.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3836d',
    500: '#b74e35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b74e35;
$custom-light: #d3836d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b74e35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.538,
    "s": 55.085,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55585,
    "c": 0.14213,
    "h": 34.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B74E35

secondary

#81BAC7

accent

#C2DE49

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBEFEB

border

#D4CAC6

text

#150B07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B74E35

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

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