#B14255#B14255

#B14255 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.145 H 13.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B14255
RGB	rgb(177, 66, 85)
HSL	hsl(350, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(350, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.7%, 52%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.09, 46.67, 12.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.09, 48.44, 15.54°)
OKLab	oklab(53.62% 0.141 0.0329)
OKLCH	oklch(53.62% 0.145 13.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.7212, 13.9021, 10.1321)
Luminance	0.1390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B14255 #42B19E

analogous

#B1428C #B14255 #B16742

triadic

#B14255 #55B142 #4255B1

tetradic

#B14255 #8CB142 #42B19E #6742B1

square

#B14255 #8CB142 #42B19E #6742B1

split-complementary

#B14255 #42B167 #428CB1

monochromatic

#58212A #843140 #B14255 #C76979 #D896A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.56

#B14255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78

#B14255 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B14255

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B14255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B14255	1.00	5.56	3.78	5.56
#FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5A55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787152

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C13049

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b14255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 66, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.145 13.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7c84',
    500: '#b14255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b14255;
$custom-light: #cd7c84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b14255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.73,
    "s": 45.679,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53623,
    "c": 0.14473,
    "h": 13.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B14255

secondary

#8BC3BA

accent

#D5BF52

background

#FDF7F8

surface

#FAEEEF

border

#D3C9CA

text

#140A0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B14255

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

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