#B14542#B14542

#B14542 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.142 H 24.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B14542
RGB	rgb(177, 69, 66)
HSL	hsl(2, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(2, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61%, 62.7%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.23, 43.82, 24.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.23, 50.32, 29.45°)
OKLab	oklab(53.61% 0.129 0.0593)
OKLCH	oklch(53.61% 0.142 24.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.2449, 13.9995, 6.7366)
Luminance	0.1400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B14542 #42AEB1

analogous

#B14276 #B14542 #B17D42

triadic

#B14542 #42B145 #4542B1

tetradic

#B14542 #76B142 #42AEB1 #7D42B1

square

#B14542 #76B142 #42AEB1 #7D42B1

split-complementary

#B14542 #42B17D #4276B1

monochromatic

#582221 #843431 #B14542 #C76C69 #D89796

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.53

#B14542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#B14542 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B14542

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B14542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B14542	1.00	5.53	3.80	5.53
#FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615A41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C713F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C22F45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b14542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 69, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.142 24.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7d76',
    500: '#b14542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b14542;
$custom-light: #ce7d76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b14542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.622,
    "s": 45.679,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53606,
    "c": 0.14192,
    "h": 24.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B14542

secondary

#8BC2C3

accent

#D2D552

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEEED

border

#D3C9C8

text

#150A08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B14542

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

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