#B14959#B14959

#B14959 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.136 H 13.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B14959
RGB	rgb(177, 73, 89)
HSL	hsl(351, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(351, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.8%, 49.7%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.41, 43.78, 12.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.41, 45.48, 15.74°)
OKLab	oklab(54.64% 0.1322 0.0314)
OKLCH	oklch(54.64% 0.136 13.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.3189, 14.8361, 11.1376)
Luminance	0.1483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B14959 #49B1A1

analogous

#B1498D #B14959 #B16D49

triadic

#B14959 #59B149 #4959B1

tetradic

#B14959 #8DB149 #49B1A1 #6D49B1

square

#B14959 #8DB149 #49B1A1 #6D49B1

split-complementary

#B14959 #49B16D #498DB1

monochromatic

#5A252D #863743 #B14959 #C5727F #D79EA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.29

#B14959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.97

#B14959 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B14959

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B14959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B14959	1.00	5.29	3.97	5.29
#FFFFFF	5.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605E59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7357

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C03A4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b14959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 73, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.136 13.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8087',
    500: '#b14959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b14959;
$custom-light: #cd8087;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b14959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.769,
    "s": 41.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54641,
    "c": 0.13593,
    "h": 13.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B14959

secondary

#92C3BC

accent

#D1BE56

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FAEFEF

border

#D3CACA

text

#140A0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B14959

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

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