#B14737#B14737

#B14737 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.142 H 30.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B14737
RGB	rgb(177, 71, 55)
HSL	hsl(8, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(8, 69%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.9%, 68.9%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.42, 42.20, 31.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.42, 52.64, 36.71°)
OKLab	oklab(53.7% 0.1218 0.0728)
OKLCH	oklch(53.7% 0.142 30.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.0764, 14.1322, 5.2316)
Luminance	0.1413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B14737 #37A1B1

analogous

#B13764 #B14737 #B18437

triadic

#B14737 #37B147 #4737B1

tetradic

#B14737 #64B137 #37A1B1 #8437B1

square

#B14737 #64B137 #37A1B1 #8437B1

split-complementary

#B14737 #37B184 #3764B1

monochromatic

#54221A #823428 #B14737 #CC695A #DA9388

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.49

#B14737 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#B14737 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B14737

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B14737	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B14737	1.00	5.49	3.83	5.49
#FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635B35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7234

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C23044

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b14737;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 71, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.142 30.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7e6e',
    500: '#b14737',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b14737;
$custom-light: #cf7e6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b14737",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.869,
    "s": 52.586,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53695,
    "c": 0.14187,
    "h": 30.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B14737

secondary

#80BBC4

accent

#C9DC4C

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEC

border

#D4C9C7

text

#150A07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B14737

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

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