#B14237#B14237

#B14237 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.147 H 28.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B14237
RGB	rgb(177, 66, 55)
HSL	hsl(5, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(5, 69%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.7%, 68.9%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.54, 44.53, 30.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.54, 53.93, 34.34°)
OKLab	oklab(53.03% 0.1291 0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(53.03% 0.147 28.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.7714, 13.5222, 5.1300)
Luminance	0.1352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B14237 #37A6B1

analogous

#B13769 #B14237 #B17F37

triadic

#B14237 #37B142 #4237B1

tetradic

#B14237 #69B137 #37A6B1 #7F37B1

square

#B14237 #69B137 #37A6B1 #7F37B1

split-complementary

#B14237 #37B17F #3769B1

monochromatic

#541F1A #823128 #B14237 #CC645A #DA9088

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.67

#B14237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.70

#B14237 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B14237

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B14237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B14237	1.00	5.67	3.70	5.67
#FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605835

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7034

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C22940

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b14237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 66, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.147 28.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7b6e',
    500: '#b14237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b14237;
$custom-light: #cf7b6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b14237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.41,
    "s": 52.586,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5303,
    "c": 0.14707,
    "h": 28.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B14237

secondary

#80BEC4

accent

#CFDC4C

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEC

border

#D4C9C7

text

#150A07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B14237

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

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