#B14231#B14231

#B14231 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.148 H 31.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B14231
RGB	rgb(177, 66, 49)
HSL	hsl(8, 57%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(8, 72%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.7%, 72.3%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.46, 44.22, 33.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.46, 55.65, 37.39°)
OKLab	oklab(52.94% 0.1269 0.0768)
OKLCH	oklch(52.94% 0.148 31.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.6362, 13.4682, 4.4181)
Luminance	0.1346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B14231 #31A0B1

analogous

#B13160 #B14231 #B18231

triadic

#B14231 #31B142 #4231B1

tetradic

#B14231 #60B131 #31A0B1 #8231B1

square

#B14231 #60B131 #31A0B1 #8231B1

split-complementary

#B14231 #31B182 #3160B1

monochromatic

#511E16 #813024 #B14231 #CF6151 #DC8D80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.69

#B14231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.69

#B14231 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B14231

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B14231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B14231	1.00	5.69	3.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	5.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#60572F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C702E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2283F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b14231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 66, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.148 31.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d07b6a',
    500: '#b14231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b14231;
$custom-light: #d07b6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b14231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.969,
    "s": 56.637,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52944,
    "c": 0.14832,
    "h": 31.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B14231

secondary

#79BBC5

accent

#CCE048

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEB

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150A06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B14231

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

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