#B74F40#B74F40

#B74F40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.138 H 30.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B74F40
RGB	rgb(183, 79, 64)
HSL	hsl(8, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(8, 65%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.8%, 65%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.02, 41.09, 29.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.02, 50.65, 35.78°)
OKLab	oklab(55.89% 0.1194 0.0698)
OKLCH	oklch(55.89% 0.138 30.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.2520, 16.0324, 6.7196)
Luminance	0.1603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B74F40 #40A8B7

analogous

#B7406C #B74F40 #B78A40

triadic

#B74F40 #40B74F #4F40B7

tetradic

#B74F40 #6CB740 #40A8B7 #8A40B7

square

#B74F40 #6CB740 #40A8B7 #8A40B7

split-complementary

#B74F40 #40B78A #406CB7

monochromatic

#5C2820 #8A3B30 #B74F40 #CB7669 #DB9F97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.99

#B74F40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#B74F40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B74F40

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B74F40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B74F40	1.00	4.99	4.21	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A613E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84783E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C83B4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b74f40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 79, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.138 30.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d38475',
    500: '#b74f40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b74f40;
$custom-light: #d38475;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b74f40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.563,
    "s": 48.178,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55889,
    "c": 0.13825,
    "h": 30.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B74F40

secondary

#8DBFC6

accent

#C7D850

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFED

border

#D4CAC8

text

#150B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B74F40

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

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