#B14828#B14828

#B14828 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.145 H 37.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B14828
RGB	rgb(177, 72, 40)
HSL	hsl(14, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(14, 77%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.3%, 77.4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.43, 41.00, 39.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.43, 57.12, 44.13°)
OKLab	oklab(53.65% 0.1152 0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(53.65% 0.145 37.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.8340, 14.1379, 3.6389)
Luminance	0.1414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B14828 #2891B1

analogous

#B1284C #B14828 #B18D28

triadic

#B14828 #28B148 #4828B1

tetradic

#B14828 #4CB128 #2891B1 #8D28B1

square

#B14828 #4CB128 #2891B1 #8D28B1

split-complementary

#B14828 #28B18D #284CB1

monochromatic

#4D1F11 #7F341D #B14828 #D46442 #E08D74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.49

#B14828 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#B14828 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B14828

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B14828	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B14828	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)

#655A24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7225

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C32F41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b14828;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 72, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.145 37.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d07f64',
    500: '#b14828',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b14828;
$custom-light: #d07f64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b14828",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.015,
    "s": 63.134,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53645,
    "c": 0.14471,
    "h": 37.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B14828

secondary

#6EB2C7

accent

#C0E642

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEB

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150A05

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B14828

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

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