#B14848#B14848

#B14848 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.138 H 22.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B14848
RGB	rgb(177, 72, 72)
HSL	hsl(0, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(0, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.3%, 59.3%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.88, 42.83, 21.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.88, 48.13, 27.15°)
OKLab	oklab(54.12% 0.1269 0.0534)
OKLCH	oklch(54.12% 0.138 22.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.6204, 14.4525, 7.7807)
Luminance	0.1445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B14848 #48B1B1

analogous

#B1487D #B14848 #B17D48

triadic

#B14848 #48B148 #4848B1

tetradic

#B14848 #7DB148 #48B1B1 #7D48B1

square

#B14848 #7DB148 #48B1B1 #7D48B1

split-complementary

#B14848 #48B17D #487DB1

monochromatic

#5A2525 #853636 #B14848 #C57171 #D79C9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.40

#B14848 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#B14848 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B14848

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B14848	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B14848	1.00	5.40	3.89	5.40
#FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625C47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7245

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C13549

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b14848;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 72, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.138 22.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7f7b',
    500: '#b14848',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b14848;
$custom-light: #ce7f7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b14848",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 42.169,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54124,
    "c": 0.13769,
    "h": 22.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B14848

secondary

#91C3C3

accent

#D2D256

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEEED

border

#D3C9C8

text

#150A09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B14848

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

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