#B14545#B14545

#B14545 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.142 H 23.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B14545
RGB	rgb(177, 69, 69)
HSL	hsl(0, 44%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(0, 61%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61%, 61%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.28, 44.03, 23.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.28, 49.68, 27.59°)
OKLab	oklab(53.66% 0.1302 0.0556)
OKLCH	oklch(53.66% 0.142 23.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.3357, 14.0358, 7.2147)
Luminance	0.1403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B14545 #45B1B1

analogous

#B1457B #B14545 #B17B45

triadic

#B14545 #45B145 #4545B1

tetradic

#B14545 #7BB145 #45B1B1 #7B45B1

square

#B14545 #7BB145 #45B1B1 #7B45B1

split-complementary

#B14545 #45B17B #457BB1

monochromatic

#592323 #853434 #B14545 #C66D6D #D79999

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.52

#B14545 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#B14545 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B14545

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B14545	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B14545	1.00	5.52	3.81	5.52
#FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605A44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7142

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C23046

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b14545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 69, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.142 23.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7d78',
    500: '#b14545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b14545;
$custom-light: #ce7d78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b14545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 43.902,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53662,
    "c": 0.14153,
    "h": 23.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B14545

secondary

#8EC3C3

accent

#D4D454

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEEED

border

#D3C9C8

text

#150A09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B14545

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

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