#B14537#B14537

#B14537 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.144 H 29.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B14537
RGB	rgb(177, 69, 55)
HSL	hsl(7, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(7, 69%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61%, 68.9%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.06, 43.14, 31.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.06, 53.15, 35.73°)
OKLab	oklab(53.42% 0.1247 0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(53.42% 0.144 29.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.9513, 13.8820, 5.1899)
Luminance	0.1388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B14537 #37A3B1

analogous

#B13766 #B14537 #B18237

triadic

#B14537 #37B145 #4537B1

tetradic

#B14537 #66B137 #37A3B1 #8237B1

square

#B14537 #66B137 #37A3B1 #8237B1

split-complementary

#B14537 #37B182 #3766B1

monochromatic

#54211A #823328 #B14537 #CC675A #DA9288

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.56

#B14537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78

#B14537 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B14537

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B14537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B14537	1.00	5.56	3.78	5.56
#FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625935

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7134

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C22D42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b14537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 69, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.144 29.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7d6e',
    500: '#b14537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b14537;
$custom-light: #cf7d6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b14537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.885,
    "s": 52.586,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53424,
    "c": 0.14395,
    "h": 29.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B14537

secondary

#80BCC4

accent

#CBDC4C

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEC

border

#D4C9C7

text

#150A07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B14537

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

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