#B45237#B45237

#B45237 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.134 H 36.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B45237
RGB	rgb(180, 82, 55)
HSL	hsl(13, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(13, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.4%, 69.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.00, 37.91, 34.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.00, 51.33, 42.38°)
OKLab	oklab(55.74% 0.1082 0.0795)
OKLCH	oklch(55.74% 0.134 36.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.5314, 16.0165, 5.5187)
Luminance	0.1601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B45237 #3799B4

analogous

#B4375A #B45237 #B49037

triadic

#B45237 #37B452 #5237B4

tetradic

#B45237 #5AB437 #3799B4 #9037B4

square

#B45237 #5AB437 #3799B4 #9037B4

split-complementary

#B45237 #37B490 #375AB4

monochromatic

#56271A #853D29 #B45237 #CD745B #DB9C8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00

#B45237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#B45237 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B45237

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B45237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B45237	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)

#6C6234

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847835

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C53E4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b45237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 82, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.134 36.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1856f',
    500: '#b45237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b45237;
$custom-light: #d1856f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b45237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.96,
    "s": 53.191,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55739,
    "c": 0.13423,
    "h": 36.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B45237

secondary

#81B7C6

accent

#BDDD4B

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBEFEC

border

#D4CAC7

text

#150B07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B45237

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

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