#B14955#B14955

#B14955 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.136 H 15.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B14955
RGB	rgb(177, 73, 85)
HSL	hsl(353, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(353, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.8%, 52%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.32, 43.41, 14.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.32, 45.82, 18.66°)
OKLab	oklab(54.54% 0.1306 0.0369)
OKLCH	oklch(54.54% 0.136 15.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.1555, 14.7707, 10.2769)
Luminance	0.1477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B14955 #49B1A5

analogous

#B14989 #B14955 #B17149

triadic

#B14955 #55B149 #4955B1

tetradic

#B14955 #89B149 #49B1A5 #7149B1

square

#B14955 #89B149 #49B1A5 #7149B1

split-complementary

#B14955 #49B171 #4989B1

monochromatic

#5A252B #863740 #B14955 #C5727C #D79EA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.31

#B14955 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.95

#B14955 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B14955

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B14955	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B14955	1.00	5.31	3.95	5.31
#FFFFFF	5.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615E55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7353

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1394E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b14955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 73, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.136 15.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8084',
    500: '#b14955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b14955;
$custom-light: #cd8084;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b14955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.077,
    "s": 41.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54543,
    "c": 0.13576,
    "h": 15.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B14955

secondary

#92C3BE

accent

#D1C356

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FAEFEF

border

#D3CACA

text

#140A0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B14955

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

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