#B14342#B14342

#B14342 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.144 H 23.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B14342
RGB	rgb(177, 67, 66)
HSL	hsl(1, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(1, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.1%, 62.7%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.88, 44.75, 24.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.88, 50.92, 28.51°)
OKLab	oklab(53.34% 0.1319 0.0583)
OKLCH	oklch(53.34% 0.144 23.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.1240, 13.7576, 6.6963)
Luminance	0.1376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B14342 #42B0B1

analogous

#B14278 #B14342 #B17B42

triadic

#B14342 #42B143 #4342B1

tetradic

#B14342 #78B142 #42B0B1 #7B42B1

square

#B14342 #78B142 #42B0B1 #7B42B1

split-complementary

#B14342 #42B17B #4278B1

monochromatic

#582121 #843231 #B14342 #C76A69 #D89696

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.60

#B14342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#B14342 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B14342

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B14342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B14342	1.00	5.60	3.75	5.60
#FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5941

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B703F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C22D44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b14342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 67, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.144 23.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7c76',
    500: '#b14342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b14342;
$custom-light: #ce7c76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b14342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.541,
    "s": 45.679,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53343,
    "c": 0.14417,
    "h": 23.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B14342

secondary

#8BC3C3

accent

#D4D552

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEEED

border

#D4C9C8

text

#150A08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B14342

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

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