#B14857#B14857

#B14857 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.137 H 14.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B14857
RGB	rgb(177, 72, 87)
HSL	hsl(351, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(351, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.3%, 50.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.18, 44.07, 13.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.18, 46.02, 16.74°)
OKLab	oklab(54.46% 0.133 0.0336)
OKLCH	oklch(54.46% 0.137 14.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.1709, 14.6726, 10.6795)
Luminance	0.1467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B14857 #48B1A2

analogous

#B1488C #B14857 #B16E48

triadic

#B14857 #57B148 #4857B1

tetradic

#B14857 #8CB148 #48B1A2 #6E48B1

square

#B14857 #8CB148 #48B1A2 #6E48B1

split-complementary

#B14857 #48B16E #488CB1

monochromatic

#5A252C #853642 #B14857 #C5717D #D79CA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.34

#B14857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.93

#B14857 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B14857

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B14857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B14857	1.00	5.34	3.93	5.34
#FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5E57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7355

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0384E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b14857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 72, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.137 14.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7f86',
    500: '#b14857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b14857;
$custom-light: #cd7f86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b14857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.429,
    "s": 42.169,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54456,
    "c": 0.13713,
    "h": 14.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B14857

secondary

#91C3BC

accent

#D2C056

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FAEFEF

border

#D3CACA

text

#140A0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B14857

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

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