#B45232#B45232

#B45232 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.136 H 38.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B45232
RGB	rgb(180, 82, 50)
HSL	hsl(15, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(15, 72%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.4%, 72.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.94, 37.65, 37.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.94, 52.98, 44.72°)
OKLab	oklab(55.68% 0.1064 0.0844)
OKLCH	oklch(55.68% 0.136 38.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.4176, 15.9710, 4.9192)
Luminance	0.1597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B45232 #3294B4

analogous

#B43253 #B45232 #B49332

triadic

#B45232 #32B452 #5232B4

tetradic

#B45232 #53B432 #3294B4 #9332B4

square

#B45232 #53B432 #3294B4 #9332B4

split-complementary

#B45232 #32B493 #3253B4

monochromatic

#542617 #843C25 #B45232 #CF7254 #DD9A84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.01

#B45232 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.19

#B45232 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B45232

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B45232	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B45232	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)

#6D622E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857730

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C53E4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b45232;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 82, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.136 38.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1856b',
    500: '#b45232',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b45232;
$custom-light: #d1856b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b45232",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.769,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55675,
    "c": 0.13581,
    "h": 38.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B45232

secondary

#7CB4C6

accent

#BAE048

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBEFEB

border

#D4CAC6

text

#150B07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B45232

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

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