#B14951#B14951

#B14951 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.136 H 18.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B14951
RGB	rgb(177, 73, 81)
HSL	hsl(355, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(355, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.8%, 54.2%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.23, 43.06, 16.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.23, 46.29, 21.52°)
OKLab	oklab(54.45% 0.129 0.0423)
OKLCH	oklch(54.45% 0.136 18.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.0010, 14.7090, 9.4635)
Luminance	0.1471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B14951 #49B1A9

analogous

#B14985 #B14951 #B17549

triadic

#B14951 #51B149 #4951B1

tetradic

#B14951 #85B149 #49B1A9 #7549B1

square

#B14951 #85B149 #49B1A9 #7549B1

split-complementary

#B14951 #49B175 #4985B1

monochromatic

#5A2529 #86373D #B14951 #C57279 #D79EA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.33

#B14951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.94

#B14951 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B14951

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B14951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B14951	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)

#615E51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C734F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1384C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b14951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 73, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.136 18.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8081',
    500: '#b14951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b14951;
$custom-light: #cd8081;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b14951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.385,
    "s": 41.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54451,
    "c": 0.13579,
    "h": 18.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B14951

secondary

#92C3C0

accent

#D1C856

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAEFEE

border

#D3CAC9

text

#140A0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B14951

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

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