#B14E36#B14E36

#B14E36 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.135 H 34.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B14E36
RGB	rgb(177, 78, 54)
HSL	hsl(12, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(12, 69%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.9%, 69.5%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.72, 38.72, 33.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.72, 51.24, 40.92°)
OKLab	oklab(54.68% 0.1108 0.0772)
OKLCH	oklch(54.68% 0.135 34.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.5238, 15.0650, 5.2637)
Luminance	0.1506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B14E36 #3699B1

analogous

#B1365C #B14E36 #B18B36

triadic

#B14E36 #36B14E #4E36B1

tetradic

#B14E36 #5CB136 #3699B1 #8B36B1

square

#B14E36 #5CB136 #3699B1 #8B36B1

split-complementary

#B14E36 #36B18B #365CB1

monochromatic

#532519 #823928 #B14E36 #CC6F58 #DA9787

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.23

#B14E36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.01

#B14E36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B14E36

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B14E36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B14E36	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)

#685F33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817434

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C23A49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b14e36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 78, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.135 34.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf826e',
    500: '#b14e36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b14e36;
$custom-light: #cf826e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b14e36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.707,
    "s": 53.247,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54675,
    "c": 0.13502,
    "h": 34.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B14E36

secondary

#7FB7C4

accent

#C0DD4B

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBEFEC

border

#D4CAC7

text

#150B07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B14E36

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

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