#B14438#B14438

#B14438 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.145 H 29.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B14438
RGB	rgb(177, 68, 56)
HSL	hsl(6, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(6, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.6%, 68.4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.90, 43.67, 30.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.90, 53.13, 34.73°)
OKLab	oklab(53.31% 0.1266 0.0703)
OKLCH	oklch(53.31% 0.145 29.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.9145, 13.7697, 5.2971)
Luminance	0.1377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B14438 #38A5B1

analogous

#B13869 #B14438 #B18038

triadic

#B14438 #38B144 #4438B1

tetradic

#B14438 #69B138 #38A5B1 #8038B1

square

#B14438 #69B138 #38A5B1 #8038B1

split-complementary

#B14438 #38B180 #3869B1

monochromatic

#54201B #833229 #B14438 #CB665B #DA928A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.59

#B14438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#B14438 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B14438

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B14438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B14438	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)

#615936

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7135

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C22C42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b14438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 68, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.145 29.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7c6f',
    500: '#b14438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b14438;
$custom-light: #cf7c6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b14438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.95,
    "s": 51.931,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53306,
    "c": 0.14478,
    "h": 29.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B14438

secondary

#81BDC4

accent

#CDDB4C

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEC

border

#D4C9C7

text

#150A07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B14438

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

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