#B31414#B31414

#B31414 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.190 H 28.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B31414
RGB	rgb(179, 20, 20)
HSL	hsl(0, 80%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(0, 89%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 88.8%, 88.8%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.09, 59.06, 44.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.09, 73.69, 36.73°)
OKLab	oklab(48.92% 0.1675 0.0893)
OKLCH	oklch(48.92% 0.19 28.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.9693, 10.1378, 1.6197)
Luminance	0.1013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B31414 #14B3B3

analogous

#B31464 #B31414 #B36414

triadic

#B31414 #14B314 #1414B3

tetradic

#B31414 #64B314 #14B3B3 #6414B3

square

#B31414 #64B314 #14B3B3 #6414B3

split-complementary

#B31414 #14B364 #1464B3

monochromatic

#450808 #7C0E0E #B31414 #E61E1E #EC5555

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.94

#B31414 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.03

#B31414 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B31414

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B31414	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B31414	1.00	6.94	3.03	6.94
#FFFFFF	6.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4410

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736506

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C60018

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b31414;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 20, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.190 28.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d56855',
    500: '#b31414',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b31414;
$custom-light: #d56855;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b31414",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 79.899,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48915,
    "c": 0.18986,
    "h": 28.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B31414

secondary

#54CFCF

accent

#F6F631

background

#FEF6F5

surface

#FDECE9

border

#D5C7C5

text

#170703

muted

#857A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #B31414

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

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