#B14843#B14843

#B14843 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.138 H 25.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B14843
RGB	rgb(177, 72, 67)
HSL	hsl(3, 45%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(3, 62%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.3%, 62.1%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.79, 42.47, 24.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.79, 49.21, 30.34°)
OKLab	oklab(54.03% 0.1249 0.0596)
OKLCH	oklch(54.03% 0.138 25.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.4639, 14.3898, 6.9563)
Luminance	0.1439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B14843 #43ACB1

analogous

#B14375 #B14843 #B17F43

triadic

#B14843 #43B148 #4843B1

tetradic

#B14843 #75B143 #43ACB1 #7F43B1

square

#B14843 #75B143 #43ACB1 #7F43B1

split-complementary

#B14843 #43B17F #4375B1

monochromatic

#582421 #853632 #B14843 #C76F6A #D89A97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.42

#B14843 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#B14843 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B14843

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B14843	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B14843	1.00	5.42	3.88	5.42
#FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635C42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7240

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C23448

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b14843;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 72, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.138 25.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7f77',
    500: '#b14843',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b14843;
$custom-light: #ce7f77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b14843",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.727,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54029,
    "c": 0.13839,
    "h": 25.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B14843

secondary

#8CC1C3

accent

#CFD553

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEEED

border

#D3C9C8

text

#150A08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B14843

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

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