#B14859#B14859

#B14859 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.137 H 13.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B14859
RGB	rgb(177, 72, 89)
HSL	hsl(350, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(350, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.3%, 49.7%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.23, 44.25, 12.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.23, 45.88, 15.28°)
OKLab	oklab(54.51% 0.1338 0.0308)
OKLCH	oklch(54.51% 0.137 13)
XYZ	xyz(22.2537, 14.7058, 11.1158)
Luminance	0.1470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B14859 #48B1A0

analogous

#B1488E #B14859 #B16C48

triadic

#B14859 #59B148 #4859B1

tetradic

#B14859 #8EB148 #48B1A0 #6C48B1

square

#B14859 #8EB148 #48B1A0 #6C48B1

split-complementary

#B14859 #48B16C #488EB1

monochromatic

#5A252D #853643 #B14859 #C5717F #D79CA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.33

#B14859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.94

#B14859 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B14859

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B14859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B14859	1.00	5.33	3.94	5.33
#FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5E59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7357

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0394F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b14859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 72, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.137 13.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7f87',
    500: '#b14859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b14859;
$custom-light: #cd7f87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b14859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.286,
    "s": 42.169,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54505,
    "c": 0.13726,
    "h": 13
  },
  "luminance": 0.14703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B14859

secondary

#91C3BB

accent

#D2BE56

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FAEFEF

border

#D3CACA

text

#140A0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B14859

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

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