#B14A37#B14A37

#B14A37 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.139 H 32.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B14A37
RGB	rgb(177, 74, 55)
HSL	hsl(9, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(9, 69%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.2%, 68.9%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.97, 40.75, 32.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.97, 51.89, 38.24°)
OKLab	oklab(54.11% 0.1173 0.0742)
OKLCH	oklch(54.11% 0.139 32.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.2719, 14.5233, 5.2968)
Luminance	0.1452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B14A37 #379EB1

analogous

#B13761 #B14A37 #B18737

triadic

#B14A37 #37B14A #4A37B1

tetradic

#B14A37 #61B137 #379EB1 #8737B1

square

#B14A37 #61B137 #379EB1 #8737B1

split-complementary

#B14A37 #37B187 #3761B1

monochromatic

#54231A #823628 #B14A37 #CC6B5A #DA9588

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.38

#B14A37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.90

#B14A37 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B14A37

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B14A37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B14A37	1.00	5.38	3.90	5.38
#FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#655C35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7334

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C23446

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b14a37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 74, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.139 32.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf806e',
    500: '#b14a37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b14a37;
$custom-light: #cf806e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b14a37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.344,
    "s": 52.586,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54112,
    "c": 0.13878,
    "h": 32.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B14A37

secondary

#80B9C4

accent

#C6DC4C

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBEFEC

border

#D4CAC7

text

#150A07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B14A37

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

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