#B14C4E#B14C4E

#B14C4E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.132 H 21.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B14C4E
RGB	rgb(177, 76, 78)
HSL	hsl(359, 40%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(359, 57%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.1%, 55.9%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.73, 41.36, 19.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.73, 45.71, 25.20°)
OKLab	oklab(54.8% 0.1232 0.048)
OKLCH	oklch(54.8% 0.132 21.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.0929, 15.0687, 8.9514)
Luminance	0.1507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B14C4E #4CB1AF

analogous

#B14C81 #B14C4E #B17D4C

triadic

#B14C4E #4EB14C #4C4EB1

tetradic

#B14C4E #81B14C #4CB1AF #7D4CB1

square

#B14C4E #81B14C #4CB1AF #7D4CB1

split-complementary

#B14C4E #4CB17D #4C81B1

monochromatic

#5B2728 #863A3B #B14C4E #C47678 #D7A1A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.23

#B14C4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.01

#B14C4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B14C4E

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B14C4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B14C4E	1.00	5.23	4.01	5.23
#FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645F4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D744C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C13B4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b14c4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 76, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.132 21.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd827f',
    500: '#b14c4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b14c4e;
$custom-light: #cd827f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b14c4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.812,
    "s": 39.921,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54804,
    "c": 0.13225,
    "h": 21.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B14C4E

secondary

#95C3C3

accent

#D0CD58

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAEFEE

border

#D3CAC9

text

#140B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B14C4E

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

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