#B14945#B14945

#B14945 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.137 H 24.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B14945
RGB	rgb(177, 73, 69)
HSL	hsl(2, 44%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(2, 61%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.8%, 61%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.00, 42.13, 23.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.00, 48.45, 29.60°)
OKLab	oklab(54.2% 0.1242 0.0577)
OKLCH	oklch(54.2% 0.137 24.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.5901, 14.5446, 7.2995)
Luminance	0.1454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B14945 #45ADB1

analogous

#B14577 #B14945 #B17F45

triadic

#B14945 #45B149 #4945B1

tetradic

#B14945 #77B145 #45ADB1 #7F45B1

square

#B14945 #77B145 #45ADB1 #7F45B1

split-complementary

#B14945 #45B17F #4577B1

monochromatic

#592523 #853734 #B14945 #C6706D #D79B99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.37

#B14945 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#B14945 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B14945

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B14945	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B14945	1.00	5.37	3.91	5.37
#FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635D44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7343

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C13649

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b14945;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 73, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.137 24.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8078',
    500: '#b14945',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b14945;
$custom-light: #ce8078;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b14945",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.222,
    "s": 43.902,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54204,
    "c": 0.13694,
    "h": 24.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B14945

secondary

#8EC1C3

accent

#CFD454

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAEFED

border

#D3CAC8

text

#150A09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B14945

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

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