#B45140#B45140

#B45140 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.133 H 31.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B45140
RGB	rgb(180, 81, 64)
HSL	hsl(9, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(9, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55%, 64.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.92, 38.96, 29.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.92, 48.80, 37.03°)
OKLab	oklab(55.72% 0.1131 0.0694)
OKLCH	oklch(55.72% 0.133 31.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.6923, 15.9611, 6.7353)
Luminance	0.1596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B45140 #40A3B4

analogous

#B44069 #B45140 #B48B40

triadic

#B45140 #40B451 #5140B4

tetradic

#B45140 #69B440 #40A3B4 #8B40B4

square

#B45140 #69B440 #40A3B4 #8B40B4

split-complementary

#B45140 #40B48B #4069B4

monochromatic

#5A2820 #873D30 #B45140 #C97668 #D99F95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.01

#B45140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.19

#B45140 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B45140

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B45140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B45140	1.00	5.01	4.19	5.01
#FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B623E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83773E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C53E4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b45140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 81, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.133 31.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d08575',
    500: '#b45140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b45140;
$custom-light: #d08575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b45140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.793,
    "s": 47.541,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55724,
    "c": 0.13265,
    "h": 31.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B45140

secondary

#8BBCC5

accent

#C3D751

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFED

border

#D4CAC8

text

#150B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B45140

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

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