#B14243#B14243

#B14243 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.145 H 22.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B14243
RGB	rgb(177, 66, 67)
HSL	hsl(359, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(359, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.7%, 62.1%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.73, 45.27, 23.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.73, 51.01, 27.43°)
OKLab	oklab(53.23% 0.1337 0.0565)
OKLCH	oklch(53.23% 0.145 22.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.0948, 13.6516, 6.8333)
Luminance	0.1365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B14243 #42B1B0

analogous

#B1427B #B14243 #B17842

triadic

#B14243 #43B142 #4243B1

tetradic

#B14243 #7BB142 #42B1B0 #7842B1

square

#B14243 #7BB142 #42B1B0 #7842B1

split-complementary

#B14243 #42B178 #427BB1

monochromatic

#582121 #843132 #B14243 #C7696A #D89696

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.63

#B14243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.73

#B14243 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B14243

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B14243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B14243	1.00	5.63	3.73	5.63
#FFFFFF	5.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5942

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7040

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C22B43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b14243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 66, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.145 22.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7b77',
    500: '#b14243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b14243;
$custom-light: #ce7b77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b14243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.459,
    "s": 45.679,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53233,
    "c": 0.14518,
    "h": 22.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B14243

secondary

#8BC3C3

accent

#D5D452

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEEED

border

#D4C9C8

text

#150A08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B14243

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

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