#B14539#B14539

#B14539 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.144 H 29.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B14539
RGB	rgb(177, 69, 57)
HSL	hsl(6, 51%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(6, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61%, 67.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.09, 43.26, 29.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.09, 52.59, 34.66°)
OKLab	oklab(53.45% 0.1255 0.0697)
OKLCH	oklch(53.45% 0.144 29)
XYZ	xyz(21.0002, 13.9016, 5.4475)
Luminance	0.1390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B14539 #39A5B1

analogous

#B13969 #B14539 #B18139

triadic

#B14539 #39B145 #4539B1

tetradic

#B14539 #69B139 #39A5B1 #8139B1

square

#B14539 #69B139 #39A5B1 #8139B1

split-complementary

#B14539 #39B181 #3969B1

monochromatic

#54211B #83332A #B14539 #CB685D #DA938B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.56

#B14539 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78

#B14539 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B14539

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B14539	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B14539	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)

#625A37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7136

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C22E43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b14539;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 69, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.144 29.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7d70',
    500: '#b14539',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b14539;
$custom-light: #cf7d70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b14539",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6,
    "s": 51.282,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53454,
    "c": 0.14352,
    "h": 29
  },
  "luminance": 0.13899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B14539

secondary

#82BDC4

accent

#CDDB4D

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEC

border

#D4C9C7

text

#150A07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B14539

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

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