#B14840#B14840

#B14840 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.139 H 27.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B14840
RGB	rgb(177, 72, 64)
HSL	hsl(4, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(4, 64%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.3%, 63.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.74, 42.27, 26.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.74, 49.93, 32.16°)
OKLab	oklab(53.98% 0.1237 0.0632)
OKLCH	oklch(53.98% 0.139 27.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.3762, 14.3548, 6.4946)
Luminance	0.1435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B14840 #40A9B1

analogous

#B14070 #B14840 #B18140

triadic

#B14840 #40B148 #4840B1

tetradic

#B14840 #70B140 #40A9B1 #8140B1

square

#B14840 #70B140 #40A9B1 #8140B1

split-complementary

#B14840 #40B181 #4070B1

monochromatic

#57231F #843630 #B14840 #C86D66 #D89893

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.43

#B14840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.87

#B14840 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B14840

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B14840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B14840	1.00	5.43	3.87	5.43
#FFFFFF	5.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635C3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D723D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C23347

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b14840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 72, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.139 27.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7f75',
    500: '#b14840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b14840;
$custom-light: #ce7f75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b14840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.248,
    "s": 46.888,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53976,
    "c": 0.13891,
    "h": 27.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B14840

secondary

#89BFC3

accent

#CDD751

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEEED

border

#D3C9C8

text

#150A08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B14840

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

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