#B14420#B14420

#B14420 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.150 H 37.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B14420
RGB	rgb(177, 68, 32)
HSL	hsl(15, 69%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(15, 82%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.6%, 81.9%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.64, 42.61, 43.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.64, 60.55, 45.27°)
OKLab	oklab(53.02% 0.1187 0.0923)
OKLCH	oklch(53.02% 0.15 37.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.4615, 13.5885, 2.9116)
Luminance	0.1359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B14420 #208DB1

analogous

#B12044 #B14420 #B18C20

triadic

#B14420 #20B144 #4420B1

tetradic

#B14420 #44B120 #208DB1 #8C20B1

square

#B14420 #44B120 #208DB1 #8C20B1

split-complementary

#B14420 #20B18C #2044B1

monochromatic

#491C0D #7D3017 #B14420 #DA5D34 #E48768

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.65

#B14420 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.72

#B14420 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B14420

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B14420	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B14420	1.00	5.65	3.72	5.65
#FFFFFF	5.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#63581B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E701B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3283D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b14420;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 68, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.150 37.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d07c5e',
    500: '#b14420',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b14420;
$custom-light: #d07c5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b14420",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.897,
    "s": 69.378,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53023,
    "c": 0.15036,
    "h": 37.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B14420

secondary

#64B0C9

accent

#C0EC3C

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEEE9

border

#D4C9C5

text

#160A05

muted

#847C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B14420

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

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