#B14849#B14849

#B14849 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.138 H 22.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B14849
RGB	rgb(177, 72, 73)
HSL	hsl(359, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(359, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.3%, 58.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.89, 42.90, 21.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.89, 47.94, 26.49°)
OKLab	oklab(54.14% 0.1273 0.0522)
OKLCH	oklch(54.14% 0.138 22.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.6533, 14.4656, 7.9539)
Luminance	0.1446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B14849 #48B1B0

analogous

#B1487E #B14849 #B17C48

triadic

#B14849 #49B148 #4849B1

tetradic

#B14849 #7EB148 #48B1B0 #7C48B1

square

#B14849 #7EB148 #48B1B0 #7C48B1

split-complementary

#B14849 #48B17C #487EB1

monochromatic

#5A2525 #853637 #B14849 #C57172 #D79C9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.39

#B14849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#B14849 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B14849

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B14849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B14849	1.00	5.39	3.89	5.39
#FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625C48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7347

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C13549

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b14849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 72, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.138 22.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce7f7b',
    500: '#b14849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b14849;
$custom-light: #ce7f7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b14849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.429,
    "s": 42.169,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54144,
    "c": 0.13757,
    "h": 22.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B14849

secondary

#91C3C3

accent

#D2D156

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEEEE

border

#D3C9C9

text

#150A09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B14849

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

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