#B45240#B45240

#B45240 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.132 H 32.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B45240
RGB	rgb(180, 82, 64)
HSL	hsl(9, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(9, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.4%, 64.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.12, 38.46, 29.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.12, 48.55, 37.62°)
OKLab	oklab(55.87% 0.1115 0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(55.87% 0.132 32.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.7671, 16.1108, 6.7603)
Luminance	0.1611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B45240 #40A2B4

analogous

#B44068 #B45240 #B48C40

triadic

#B45240 #40B452 #5240B4

tetradic

#B45240 #68B440 #40A2B4 #8C40B4

square

#B45240 #68B440 #40A2B4 #8C40B4

split-complementary

#B45240 #40B48C #4068B4

monochromatic

#5A2920 #873D30 #B45240 #C97768 #D9A095

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#B45240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#B45240 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B45240

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B45240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B45240	1.00	4.97	4.22	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B633E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83783E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C53F4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b45240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 82, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.132 32.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d08575',
    500: '#b45240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b45240;
$custom-light: #d08575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b45240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.31,
    "s": 47.541,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55873,
    "c": 0.1316,
    "h": 32.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B45240

secondary

#8BBCC5

accent

#C2D751

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFED

border

#D4CAC8

text

#150B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B45240

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

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