#B45142#B45142

#B45142 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.132 H 30.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B45142
RGB	rgb(180, 81, 66)
HSL	hsl(8, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(8, 63%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55%, 63.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.95, 39.09, 28.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.95, 48.24, 35.87°)
OKLab	oklab(55.76% 0.1138 0.0671)
OKLCH	oklch(55.76% 0.132 30.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.7502, 15.9843, 7.0404)
Luminance	0.1598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B45142 #42A5B4

analogous

#B4426C #B45142 #B48A42

triadic

#B45142 #42B451 #5142B4

tetradic

#B45142 #6CB442 #42A5B4 #8A42B4

square

#B45142 #6CB442 #42A5B4 #8A42B4

split-complementary

#B45142 #42B48A #426CB4

monochromatic

#5A2921 #873D32 #B45142 #C9776B #D9A097

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00

#B45142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#B45142 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B45142

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B45142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B45142	1.00	5.00	4.20	5.00
#FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6240

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837740

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C53E4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b45142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 81, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.132 30.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d08576',
    500: '#b45142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b45142;
$custom-light: #d08576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b45142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.895,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55757,
    "c": 0.13214,
    "h": 30.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B45142

secondary

#8DBDC5

accent

#C5D652

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFED

border

#D4CAC8

text

#150B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B45142

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

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