#B14343#B14343

#B14343 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.144 H 23.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B14343
RGB	rgb(177, 67, 67)
HSL	hsl(0, 45%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(0, 62%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.1%, 62.1%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.90, 44.81, 23.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.90, 50.71, 27.89°)
OKLab	oklab(53.36% 0.1323 0.057)
OKLCH	oklch(53.36% 0.144 23.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.1537, 13.7695, 6.8529)
Luminance	0.1377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B14343 #43B1B1

analogous

#B1437A #B14343 #B17A43

triadic

#B14343 #43B143 #4343B1

tetradic

#B14343 #7AB143 #43B1B1 #7A43B1

square

#B14343 #7AB143 #43B1B1 #7A43B1

split-complementary

#B14343 #43B17A #437AB1

monochromatic

#582121 #853232 #B14343 #C76A6A #D89797

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.59

#B14343 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#B14343 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B14343

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B14343	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B14343	1.00	5.59	3.75	5.59
#FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5942

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7040

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C22D44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b14343;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 67, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.144 23.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7c77',
    500: '#b14343',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b14343;
$custom-light: #ce7c77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b14343",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53362,
    "c": 0.14405,
    "h": 23.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B14343

secondary

#8CC3C3

accent

#D5D553

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEEED

border

#D3C9C8

text

#150A08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B14343

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

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