#B14540#B14540

#B14540 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.142 H 25.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B14540
RGB	rgb(177, 69, 64)
HSL	hsl(3, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(3, 64%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61%, 63.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.20, 43.69, 25.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.20, 50.79, 30.66°)
OKLab	oklab(53.57% 0.1282 0.0617)
OKLCH	oklch(53.57% 0.142 25.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.1870, 13.9763, 6.4315)
Luminance	0.1397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B14540 #40ACB1

analogous

#B14073 #B14540 #B17E40

triadic

#B14540 #40B145 #4540B1

tetradic

#B14540 #73B140 #40ACB1 #7E40B1

square

#B14540 #73B140 #40ACB1 #7E40B1

split-complementary

#B14540 #40B17E #4073B1

monochromatic

#57221F #843330 #B14540 #C86B66 #D89693

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.53

#B14540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#B14540 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B14540

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B14540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B14540	1.00	5.53	3.79	5.53
#FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615A3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C713D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C22F45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b14540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 69, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.142 25.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7d75',
    500: '#b14540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b14540;
$custom-light: #ce7d75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b14540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.655,
    "s": 46.888,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5357,
    "c": 0.14223,
    "h": 25.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B14540

secondary

#89C1C3

accent

#D1D751

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEEED

border

#D4C9C8

text

#150A08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B14540

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

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