#B14740#B14740

#B14740 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.140 H 26.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B14740
RGB	rgb(177, 71, 64)
HSL	hsl(4, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(4, 64%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.9%, 63.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.56, 42.74, 26.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.56, 50.21, 31.65°)
OKLab	oklab(53.84% 0.1252 0.0627)
OKLCH	oklch(53.84% 0.14 26.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.3121, 14.2265, 6.4732)
Luminance	0.1422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B14740 #40AAB1

analogous

#B14071 #B14740 #B18040

triadic

#B14740 #40B147 #4740B1

tetradic

#B14740 #71B140 #40AAB1 #8040B1

square

#B14740 #71B140 #40AAB1 #8040B1

split-complementary

#B14740 #40B180 #4071B1

monochromatic

#57231F #843530 #B14740 #C86C66 #D89893

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.46

#B14740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.84

#B14740 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B14740

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B14740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B14740	1.00	5.46	3.84	5.46
#FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625B3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D723D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C23246

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b14740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 71, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.140 26.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7e75',
    500: '#b14740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b14740;
$custom-light: #ce7e75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b14740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.717,
    "s": 46.888,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53839,
    "c": 0.14001,
    "h": 26.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B14740

secondary

#89C0C3

accent

#CED751

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEEED

border

#D3C9C8

text

#150A08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B14740

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

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