#B14845#B14845

#B14845 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.138 H 24.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B14845
RGB	rgb(177, 72, 69)
HSL	hsl(2, 44%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(2, 61%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.3%, 61%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.82, 42.61, 23.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.82, 48.76, 29.08°)
OKLab	oklab(54.07% 0.1257 0.0572)
OKLCH	oklch(54.07% 0.138 24.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.5250, 14.4143, 7.2778)
Luminance	0.1441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B14845 #45AEB1

analogous

#B14578 #B14845 #B17E45

triadic

#B14845 #45B148 #4845B1

tetradic

#B14845 #78B145 #45AEB1 #7E45B1

square

#B14845 #78B145 #45AEB1 #7E45B1

split-complementary

#B14845 #45B17E #4578B1

monochromatic

#592423 #853634 #B14845 #C6706D #D79B99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.41

#B14845 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#B14845 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B14845

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B14845	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B14845	1.00	5.41	3.88	5.41
#FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625C44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7242

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C23448

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b14845;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 72, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.138 24.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7f78',
    500: '#b14845',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b14845;
$custom-light: #ce7f78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b14845",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.667,
    "s": 43.902,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54066,
    "c": 0.13807,
    "h": 24.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B14845

secondary

#8EC2C3

accent

#D0D454

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEEED

border

#D3C9C8

text

#150A09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B14845

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

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