#B45151#B45151

#B45151 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.129 H 22.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B45151
RGB	rgb(180, 81, 81)
HSL	hsl(0, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(0, 55%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55%, 55%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.22, 40.23, 19.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.22, 44.80, 26.12°)
OKLab	oklab(56.04% 0.1198 0.0487)
OKLCH	oklch(56.04% 0.129 22.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.2519, 16.1850, 9.6825)
Luminance	0.1618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B45151 #51B4B4

analogous

#B45182 #B45151 #B48251

triadic

#B45151 #51B451 #5151B4

tetradic

#B45151 #82B451 #51B4B4 #8251B4

square

#B45151 #82B451 #51B4B4 #8251B4

split-complementary

#B45151 #51B482 #5182B4

monochromatic

#612A2A #8C3C3C #B45151 #C67C7C #D9A7A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#B45151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#B45151 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B45151

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B45151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B45151	1.00	4.96	4.24	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686350

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81784F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C44152

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b45151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 81, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.129 22.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8581',
    500: '#b45151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b45151;
$custom-light: #cf8581;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b45151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 39.759,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56041,
    "c": 0.12936,
    "h": 22.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B45151

secondary

#9BC6C6

accent

#D0D058

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAEFEE

border

#D3CAC9

text

#150B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B45151

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

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