#B14227#B14227

#B14227 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.151 H 34.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B14227
RGB	rgb(177, 66, 39)
HSL	hsl(12, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(12, 78%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.7%, 78%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.35, 43.78, 39.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.35, 58.75, 41.82°)
OKLab	oklab(52.83% 0.1236 0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(52.83% 0.151 34.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.4481, 13.3929, 3.4274)
Luminance	0.1339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B14227 #2796B1

analogous

#B12751 #B14227 #B18727

triadic

#B14227 #27B142 #4227B1

tetradic

#B14227 #51B127 #2796B1 #8727B1

square

#B14227 #51B127 #2796B1 #8727B1

split-complementary

#B14227 #27B187 #2751B1

monochromatic

#4D1D11 #7F2F1C #B14227 #D55D40 #E08872

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.71

#B14227 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.68

#B14227 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B14227

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B14227	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B14227	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)

#615723

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7023

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3263C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b14227;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 66, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.151 34.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d07b63',
    500: '#b14227',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b14227;
$custom-light: #d07b63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b14227",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.739,
    "s": 63.889,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52825,
    "c": 0.15059,
    "h": 34.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B14227

secondary

#6DB5C7

accent

#C6E741

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEEEA

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150A05

muted

#837C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B14227

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

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