#B14040#B14040

#B14040 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.148 H 23.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B14040
RGB	rgb(177, 64, 64)
HSL	hsl(0, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(0, 64%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.8%, 63.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.34, 45.98, 24.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.34, 52.25, 28.36°)
OKLab	oklab(52.93% 0.1354 0.0592)
OKLCH	oklch(52.93% 0.148 23.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.8923, 13.3869, 6.3333)
Luminance	0.1338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B14040 #40B1B1

analogous

#B14079 #B14040 #B17940

triadic

#B14040 #40B140 #4040B1

tetradic

#B14040 #79B140 #40B1B1 #7940B1

square

#B14040 #79B140 #40B1B1 #7940B1

split-complementary

#B14040 #40B179 #4079B1

monochromatic

#571F1F #843030 #B14040 #C86666 #D89393

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.71

#B14040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.68

#B14040 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B14040

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B14040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B14040	1.00	5.71	3.68	5.71
#FFFFFF	5.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D573F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6F3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C22841

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b14040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 64, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.148 23.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7a75',
    500: '#b14040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b14040;
$custom-light: #cf7a75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b14040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 46.888,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52925,
    "c": 0.14777,
    "h": 23.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B14040

secondary

#89C3C3

accent

#D7D751

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEEED

border

#D4C9C8

text

#150A08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B14040

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

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