#B45159#B45159

#B45159 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.129 H 17.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B45159
RGB	rgb(180, 81, 89)
HSL	hsl(355, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(355, 55%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55%, 50.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.38, 40.93, 15.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.38, 43.64, 20.29°)
OKLab	oklab(56.22% 0.1231 0.0382)
OKLCH	oklch(56.22% 0.129 17.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.5697, 16.3121, 11.3566)
Luminance	0.1631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B45159 #51B4AC

analogous

#B4518A #B45159 #B47A51

triadic

#B45159 #59B451 #5159B4

tetradic

#B45159 #8AB451 #51B4AC #7A51B4

square

#B45159 #8AB451 #51B4AC #7A51B4

split-complementary

#B45159 #51B47A #518AB4

monochromatic

#612A2E #8C3C43 #B45159 #C67C82 #D9A7AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.93

#B45159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#B45159 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B45159

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B45159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B45159	1.00	4.93	4.26	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#676459

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807857

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C34354

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b45159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 81, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.129 17.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8587',
    500: '#b45159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b45159;
$custom-light: #cf8587;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b45159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.152,
    "s": 39.759,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56219,
    "c": 0.12885,
    "h": 17.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B45159

secondary

#9BC6C3

accent

#D0C658

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FAEFEF

border

#D3CACA

text

#140B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B45159

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

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