#B14D53#B14D53

#B14D53 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.131 H 18.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B14D53
RGB	rgb(177, 77, 83)
HSL	hsl(356, 39%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(356, 56%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.5%, 53.1%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.02, 41.29, 16.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.02, 44.59, 22.18°)
OKLab	oklab(55.06% 0.1237 0.042)
OKLCH	oklch(55.06% 0.131 18.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.3484, 15.2820, 9.9548)
Luminance	0.1528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B14D53 #4DB1AB

analogous

#B14D85 #B14D53 #B1794D

triadic

#B14D53 #53B14D #4D53B1

tetradic

#B14D53 #85B14D #4DB1AB #794DB1

square

#B14D53 #85B14D #4DB1AB #794DB1

split-complementary

#B14D53 #4DB179 #4D85B1

monochromatic

#5C282B #863A3F #B14D53 #C4777C #D6A2A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.18

#B14D53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#B14D53 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B14D53

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B14D53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B14D53	1.00	5.18	4.06	5.18
#FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#646053

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7551

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C13D50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b14d53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 77, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.131 18.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8283',
    500: '#b14d53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b14d53;
$custom-light: #cd8283;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b14d53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.4,
    "s": 39.37,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55056,
    "c": 0.13066,
    "h": 18.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B14D53

secondary

#96C4C1

accent

#CFC859

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FAEFEF

border

#D3CACA

text

#140B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B14D53

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

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