#B14527#B14527

#B14527 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.148 H 36.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B14527
RGB	rgb(177, 69, 39)
HSL	hsl(13, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(13, 78%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61%, 78%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.88, 42.39, 39.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.88, 58.09, 43.14°)
OKLab	oklab(53.22% 0.1193 0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(53.22% 0.148 36.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.6280, 13.7527, 3.4874)
Luminance	0.1375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B14527 #2793B1

analogous

#B1274E #B14527 #B18A27

triadic

#B14527 #27B145 #4527B1

tetradic

#B14527 #4EB127 #2793B1 #8A27B1

square

#B14527 #4EB127 #2793B1 #8A27B1

split-complementary

#B14527 #27B18A #274EB1

monochromatic

#4D1E11 #7F311C #B14527 #D56140 #E08A72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.60

#B14527 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#B14527 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B14527

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B14527	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B14527	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)

#635923

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7123

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C32B3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b14527;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 69, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.148 36.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d07d63',
    500: '#b14527',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b14527;
$custom-light: #d07d63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b14527",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.043,
    "s": 63.889,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53223,
    "c": 0.14776,
    "h": 36.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B14527

secondary

#6DB3C7

accent

#C3E741

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEB

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150A05

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B14527

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

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