#b74e42

Color #b74e42

A moderately saturated medium red.

Closest named color Indian Red #cd5c5c · ΔE 9.49 Nearest Tailwind class rose-700 #c70036 · ΔE 9.9

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Conversions

HEX

#b74e42

RGB

rgb(183, 78, 66)

HSL

hsl(6.2, 47%, 48.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(6.2, 63.9%, 71.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 57.4%, 63.9%, 28.2%)

LAB

lab(46.86, 41.71, 28.25)

LCH

lch(46.86, 50.38, 34.11)

OKLCH

oklch(55.8%, 0.1389, 28.83)

HWB

hwb(6.2, 25.9%, 28.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#42abb7

Analogous

#b74270

#b74e42

#b78942

Triadic

#b74e42

#42b74e

#4e42b7

Split-complementary

#b74e42

#42b789

#4270b7

Tetradic

#b74e42

#abb742

#42abb7

#4e42b7

Square

#b74e42

#70b742

#42abb7

#8942b7

Shades

Color #b74e42 mixed toward black.

#984137

#7a342c

#5b2721

#3d1a16

#1e0d0b

Tints

Color #b74e42 mixed toward white.

#c56a5f

#d1887f

#dca59f

#e8c3bf

#f3e1df

Tones

Color #b74e42 mixed toward gray.

#ad564c

#a35e55

#9a655f

#906d69

#867573

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

5.02:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.18:1

White text reads better on this background (5.02:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#959445 · ΔE 40.2

Deuteranopia

#9aa146 · ΔE 44.8

Tritanopia

#b44748 · ΔE 4.3

Achromatopsia

#6f6f6f · ΔE 24.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b74e42;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b74e42]

Related colors

Salmon #fa8072

Misty Rose #ffe4e1

Tomato #ff6347

Red #ff0000

Maroon #800000

Black #000000

Frequently asked questions

#b74e42 (#b74e42) is rgb(183, 78, 66) in RGB.

No, #b74e42 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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