#B14249#B14249

#B14249 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.145 H 19.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B14249
RGB	rgb(177, 66, 73)
HSL	hsl(356, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(356, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.7%, 58.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.84, 45.70, 20.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.84, 49.88, 23.63°)
OKLab	oklab(53.35% 0.1361 0.049)
OKLCH	oklch(53.35% 0.145 19.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.2842, 13.7274, 7.8309)
Luminance	0.1373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B14249 #42B1AA

analogous

#B14281 #B14249 #B17242

triadic

#B14249 #49B142 #4249B1

tetradic

#B14249 #81B142 #42B1AA #7242B1

square

#B14249 #81B142 #42B1AA #7242B1

split-complementary

#B14249 #42B172 #4281B1

monochromatic

#582124 #843137 #B14249 #C7696F #D8969A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.61

#B14249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#B14249 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B14249

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B14249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B14249	1.00	5.61	3.75	5.61
#FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5949

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7046

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C12D45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b14249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 66, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.145 19.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7c7b',
    500: '#b14249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b14249;
$custom-light: #ce7c7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b14249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.216,
    "s": 45.679,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53352,
    "c": 0.14466,
    "h": 19.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B14249

secondary

#8BC3C0

accent

#D5CD52

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEEED

border

#D3C9C8

text

#150A09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B14249

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

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