#B14037#B14037

#B14037 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.149 H 27.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B14037
RGB	rgb(177, 64, 55)
HSL	hsl(4, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(4, 69%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.8%, 68.9%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.20, 45.44, 30.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.20, 54.46, 33.45°)
OKLab	oklab(52.78% 0.1319 0.0696)
OKLCH	oklch(52.78% 0.149 27.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.6566, 13.2926, 5.0917)
Luminance	0.1329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B14037 #37A8B1

analogous

#B1376B #B14037 #B17D37

triadic

#B14037 #37B140 #4037B1

tetradic

#B14037 #6BB137 #37A8B1 #7D37B1

square

#B14037 #6BB137 #37A8B1 #7D37B1

split-complementary

#B14037 #37B17D #376BB1

monochromatic

#541E1A #822F28 #B14037 #CC625A #DA8E88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.74

#B14037 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.66

#B14037 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B14037

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B14037	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B14037	1.00	5.74	3.66	5.74
#FFFFFF	5.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5735

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B6F34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2253F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b14037;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 64, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.149 27.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7a6e',
    500: '#b14037',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b14037;
$custom-light: #cf7a6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b14037",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.426,
    "s": 52.586,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52775,
    "c": 0.14915,
    "h": 27.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B14037

secondary

#80BFC4

accent

#D1DC4C

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEC

border

#D4C9C7

text

#150A07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B14037

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

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