#B14B59#B14B59

#B14B59 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.133 H 14.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B14B59
RGB	rgb(177, 75, 89)
HSL	hsl(352, 40%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(352, 58%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.6%, 49.7%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.78, 42.81, 12.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.78, 44.70, 16.71°)
OKLab	oklab(54.92% 0.1292 0.0327)
OKLCH	oklch(54.92% 0.133 14.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.4524, 15.1032, 11.1821)
Luminance	0.1510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B14B59 #4BB1A3

analogous

#B14B8C #B14B59 #B1704B

triadic

#B14B59 #59B14B #4B59B1

tetradic

#B14B59 #8CB14B #4BB1A3 #704BB1

square

#B14B59 #8CB14B #4BB1A3 #704BB1

split-complementary

#B14B59 #4BB170 #4B8CB1

monochromatic

#5B272E #863943 #B14B59 #C47580 #D7A0A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.22

#B14B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.02

#B14B59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B14B59

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B14B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B14B59	1.00	5.22	4.02	5.22
#FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615F59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7457

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C03C50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b14b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 75, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.133 14.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8187',
    500: '#b14b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b14b59;
$custom-light: #cd8187;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b14b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.765,
    "s": 40.476,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54916,
    "c": 0.13328,
    "h": 14.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B14B59

secondary

#94C3BD

accent

#D0C057

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FAEFEF

border

#D3CACA

text

#140B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B14B59

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

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