#B14543#B14543

#B14543 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.142 H 24.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B14543
RGB	rgb(177, 69, 67)
HSL	hsl(1, 45%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(1, 62%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61%, 62.1%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.25, 43.89, 24.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.25, 50.10, 28.84°)
OKLab	oklab(53.62% 0.1294 0.058)
OKLCH	oklch(53.62% 0.142 24.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.2747, 14.0114, 6.8933)
Luminance	0.1401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B14543 #43AFB1

analogous

#B14378 #B14543 #B17C43

triadic

#B14543 #43B145 #4543B1

tetradic

#B14543 #78B143 #43AFB1 #7C43B1

square

#B14543 #78B143 #43AFB1 #7C43B1

split-complementary

#B14543 #43B17C #4378B1

monochromatic

#582221 #853432 #B14543 #C76C6A #D89897

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.52

#B14543 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#B14543 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B14543

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B14543	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B14543	1.00	5.52	3.80	5.52
#FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605A42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7140

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C23045

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b14543;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 69, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.142 24.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7d77',
    500: '#b14543',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b14543;
$custom-light: #ce7d77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b14543",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.091,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53624,
    "c": 0.14178,
    "h": 24.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B14543

secondary

#8CC2C3

accent

#D2D553

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEEED

border

#D3C9C8

text

#150A08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B14543

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

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