#B14B38#B14B38

#B14B38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.138 H 32.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B14B38
RGB	rgb(177, 75, 56)
HSL	hsl(9, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(9, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.6%, 68.4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.18, 40.32, 31.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.18, 51.34, 38.25°)
OKLab	oklab(54.27% 0.1161 0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(54.27% 0.138 32.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.3634, 14.6676, 5.4468)
Luminance	0.1467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B14B38 #389EB1

analogous

#B13862 #B14B38 #B18738

triadic

#B14B38 #38B14B #4B38B1

tetradic

#B14B38 #62B138 #389EB1 #8738B1

square

#B14B38 #62B138 #389EB1 #8738B1

split-complementary

#B14B38 #38B187 #3862B1

monochromatic

#54241B #833729 #B14B38 #CB6D5B #DA968A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.34

#B14B38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.93

#B14B38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B14B38

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B14B38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B14B38	1.00	5.34	3.93	5.34
#FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#665D36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7335

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C23647

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b14b38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 75, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.138 32.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf816f',
    500: '#b14b38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b14b38;
$custom-light: #cf816f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b14b38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.421,
    "s": 51.931,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54269,
    "c": 0.1375,
    "h": 32.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B14B38

secondary

#81B9C4

accent

#C5DB4C

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBEFEC

border

#D4CAC7

text

#150A07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B14B38

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

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