#B14C38#B14C38

#B14C38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.136 H 32.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B14C38
RGB	rgb(177, 76, 56)
HSL	hsl(10, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(10, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.1%, 68.4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.37, 39.82, 32.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.37, 51.09, 38.79°)
OKLab	oklab(54.41% 0.1146 0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(54.41% 0.136 32.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.4318, 14.8043, 5.4695)
Luminance	0.1480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B14C38 #389DB1

analogous

#B13861 #B14C38 #B18838

triadic

#B14C38 #38B14C #4C38B1

tetradic

#B14C38 #61B138 #389DB1 #8838B1

square

#B14C38 #61B138 #389DB1 #8838B1

split-complementary

#B14C38 #38B188 #3861B1

monochromatic

#54241B #833829 #B14C38 #CB6E5B #DA978A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.30

#B14C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.96

#B14C38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B14C38

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B14C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B14C38	1.00	5.30	3.96	5.30
#FFFFFF	5.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#675E36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807435

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C23748

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b14c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 76, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.136 32.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf816f',
    500: '#b14c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b14c38;
$custom-light: #cf816f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b14c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.917,
    "s": 51.931,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54412,
    "c": 0.13647,
    "h": 32.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B14C38

secondary

#81B9C4

accent

#C4DB4C

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBEFEC

border

#D4CAC7

text

#150B07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B14C38

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

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