#B14940#B14940

#B14940 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.138 H 27.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B14940
RGB	rgb(177, 73, 64)
HSL	hsl(5, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(5, 64%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.8%, 63.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.92, 41.79, 26.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.92, 49.64, 32.68°)
OKLab	oklab(54.11% 0.1222 0.0637)
OKLCH	oklch(54.11% 0.138 27.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.4414, 14.4851, 6.5163)
Luminance	0.1448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B14940 #40A8B1

analogous

#B1406F #B14940 #B18240

triadic

#B14940 #40B149 #4940B1

tetradic

#B14940 #6FB140 #40A8B1 #8240B1

square

#B14940 #6FB140 #40A8B1 #8240B1

split-complementary

#B14940 #40B182 #406FB1

monochromatic

#57241F #843630 #B14940 #C86E66 #D89993

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.39

#B14940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.90

#B14940 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B14940

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B14940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B14940	1.00	5.39	3.90	5.39
#FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645C3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E733D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C23547

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b14940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 73, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.138 27.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8075',
    500: '#b14940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b14940;
$custom-light: #ce8075;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b14940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.779,
    "s": 46.888,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54114,
    "c": 0.13781,
    "h": 27.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B14940

secondary

#89BFC3

accent

#CCD751

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAEFED

border

#D3CAC8

text

#150A08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B14940

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

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