#B14838#B14838

#B14838 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.141 H 30.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B14838
RGB	rgb(177, 72, 56)
HSL	hsl(8, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(8, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.3%, 68.4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.62, 41.78, 31.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.62, 52.09, 36.69°)
OKLab	oklab(53.85% 0.1207 0.0722)
OKLCH	oklch(53.85% 0.141 30.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.1647, 14.2702, 5.3805)
Luminance	0.1427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B14838 #38A1B1

analogous

#B13864 #B14838 #B18438

triadic

#B14838 #38B148 #4838B1

tetradic

#B14838 #64B138 #38A1B1 #8438B1

square

#B14838 #64B138 #38A1B1 #8438B1

split-complementary

#B14838 #38B184 #3864B1

monochromatic

#54221B #833529 #B14838 #CB6A5B #DA948A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.45

#B14838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85

#B14838 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B14838

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B14838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B14838	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)

#645B36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7235

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C23245

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b14838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 72, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.141 30.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf7f6f',
    500: '#b14838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b14838;
$custom-light: #cf7f6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b14838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.934,
    "s": 51.931,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53847,
    "c": 0.1406,
    "h": 30.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B14838

secondary

#81BBC4

accent

#C8DB4C

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEC

border

#D4C9C7

text

#150A07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B14838

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

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