#B14440#B14440

#B14440 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.143 H 25.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B14440
RGB	rgb(177, 68, 64)
HSL	hsl(2, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(2, 64%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.6%, 63.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.02, 44.15, 25.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.02, 51.08, 30.18°)
OKLab	oklab(53.44% 0.1296 0.0612)
OKLCH	oklch(53.44% 0.143 25.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.1260, 13.8543, 6.4112)
Luminance	0.1385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B14440 #40ADB1

analogous

#B14075 #B14440 #B17D40

triadic

#B14440 #40B144 #4440B1

tetradic

#B14440 #75B140 #40ADB1 #7D40B1

square

#B14440 #75B140 #40ADB1 #7D40B1

split-complementary

#B14440 #40B17D #4075B1

monochromatic

#57211F #843330 #B14440 #C86A66 #D89693

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.57

#B14440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#B14440 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B14440

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B14440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B14440	1.00	5.57	3.77	5.57
#FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#60593F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B713D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C22E44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b14440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 68, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.143 25.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7d75',
    500: '#b14440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b14440;
$custom-light: #cf7d75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b14440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.124,
    "s": 46.888,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53438,
    "c": 0.14334,
    "h": 25.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B14440

secondary

#89C1C3

accent

#D2D751

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEEED

border

#D4C9C8

text

#150A08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B14440

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

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