#B14645#B14645

#B14645 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.140 H 23.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B14645
RGB	rgb(177, 70, 69)
HSL	hsl(1, 44%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(1, 61%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.5%, 61%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.46, 43.56, 23.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.46, 49.37, 28.08°)
OKLab	oklab(53.8% 0.1287 0.0561)
OKLCH	oklch(53.8% 0.14 23.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.3978, 14.1599, 7.2354)
Luminance	0.1416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B14645 #45B0B1

analogous

#B1457A #B14645 #B17C45

triadic

#B14645 #45B146 #4645B1

tetradic

#B14645 #7AB145 #45B0B1 #7C45B1

square

#B14645 #7AB145 #45B0B1 #7C45B1

split-complementary

#B14645 #45B17C #457AB1

monochromatic

#592323 #853534 #B14645 #C66E6D #D79A99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.48

#B14645 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#B14645 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B14645

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B14645	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B14645	1.00	5.48	3.83	5.48
#FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615B44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7242

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C23247

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b14645;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 70, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.140 23.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7e78',
    500: '#b14645',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b14645;
$custom-light: #ce7e78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b14645",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.556,
    "s": 43.902,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53795,
    "c": 0.14038,
    "h": 23.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B14645

secondary

#8EC3C3

accent

#D2D454

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEEED

border

#D3C9C8

text

#150A09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B14645

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

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