#B74E36#B74E36

#B74E36 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.142 H 34.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B74E36
RGB	rgb(183, 78, 54)
HSL	hsl(11, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(11, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.4%, 70.5%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.69, 41.00, 34.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.69, 53.86, 40.43°)
OKLab	oklab(55.6% 0.1172 0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(55.6% 0.142 34.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.9209, 15.7854, 5.3292)
Luminance	0.1578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B74E36 #369FB7

analogous

#B7365F #B74E36 #B78F36

triadic

#B74E36 #36B74E #4E36B7

tetradic

#B74E36 #5FB736 #369FB7 #8F36B7

square

#B74E36 #5FB736 #369FB7 #8F36B7

split-complementary

#B74E36 #36B78F #365FB7

monochromatic

#58261A #883A28 #B74E36 #CF715B #DD9A8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.05

#B74E36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.16

#B74E36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B74E36

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B74E36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B74E36	1.00	5.05	4.16	5.05
#FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6033

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847733

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C93849

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b74e36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 78, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.142 34.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3836e',
    500: '#b74e36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b74e36;
$custom-light: #d3836e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b74e36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.163,
    "s": 54.43,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55598,
    "c": 0.14185,
    "h": 34.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B74E36

secondary

#82BAC7

accent

#C2DE4A

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBEFEC

border

#D4CAC7

text

#150B07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B74E36

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

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