#B14837#B14837

#B14837 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.141 H 31.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B14837
RGB	rgb(177, 72, 55)
HSL	hsl(8, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(8, 69%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.3%, 68.9%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.60, 41.72, 31.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.60, 52.39, 37.21°)
OKLab	oklab(53.83% 0.1203 0.0733)
OKLCH	oklch(53.83% 0.141 31.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.1405, 14.2605, 5.2530)
Luminance	0.1426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B14837 #37A0B1

analogous

#B13763 #B14837 #B18537

triadic

#B14837 #37B148 #4837B1

tetradic

#B14837 #63B137 #37A0B1 #8537B1

square

#B14837 #63B137 #37A0B1 #8537B1

split-complementary

#B14837 #37B185 #3763B1

monochromatic

#54221A #823528 #B14837 #CC695A #DA9488

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.45

#B14837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85

#B14837 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B14837

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B14837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B14837	1.00	5.45	3.85	5.45
#FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645B35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7234

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C23244

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b14837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 72, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.141 31.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7f6e',
    500: '#b14837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b14837;
$custom-light: #cf7f6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b14837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.361,
    "s": 52.586,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53832,
    "c": 0.14084,
    "h": 31.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B14837

secondary

#80BBC4

accent

#C8DC4C

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEC

border

#D4C9C7

text

#150A07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B14837

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

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