#B45157#B45157

#B45157 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.129 H 18.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B45157
RGB	rgb(180, 81, 87)
HSL	hsl(356, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(356, 55%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55%, 51.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.34, 40.75, 16.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.34, 43.88, 21.78°)
OKLab	oklab(56.17% 0.1223 0.0409)
OKLCH	oklch(56.17% 0.129 18.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.4869, 16.2790, 10.9203)
Luminance	0.1628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B45157 #51B4AE

analogous

#B45188 #B45157 #B47C51

triadic

#B45157 #57B451 #5157B4

tetradic

#B45157 #88B451 #51B4AE #7C51B4

square

#B45157 #88B451 #51B4AE #7C51B4

split-complementary

#B45157 #51B47C #5188B4

monochromatic

#612A2D #8C3C41 #B45157 #C67C80 #D9A7AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#B45157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#B45157 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B45157

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B45157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B45157	1.00	4.94	4.26	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#676457

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807855

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C44254

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b45157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 81, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.129 18.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8586',
    500: '#b45157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b45157;
$custom-light: #cf8586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b45157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.364,
    "s": 39.759,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56173,
    "c": 0.1289,
    "h": 18.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B45157

secondary

#9BC6C4

accent

#D0C858

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FAEFEF

border

#D3CACA

text

#140B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B45157

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

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