#B45243#B45243

#B45243 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.131 H 30.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B45243
RGB	rgb(180, 82, 67)
HSL	hsl(8, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(8, 63%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.4%, 62.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.17, 38.66, 27.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.17, 47.70, 35.87°)
OKLab	oklab(55.92% 0.1127 0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(55.92% 0.131 30.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.8548, 16.1459, 7.2220)
Luminance	0.1614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B45243 #43A5B4

analogous

#B4436C #B45243 #B48A43

triadic

#B45243 #43B452 #5243B4

tetradic

#B45243 #6CB443 #43A5B4 #8A43B4

square

#B45243 #6CB443 #43A5B4 #8A43B4

split-complementary

#B45243 #43B48A #436CB4

monochromatic

#5B2922 #873E32 #B45243 #C8786C #D9A199

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#B45243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#B45243 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B45243

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B45243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B45243	1.00	4.97	4.23	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6341

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837841

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5404F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b45243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 82, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.131 30.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d08577',
    500: '#b45243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b45243;
$custom-light: #d08577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b45243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.965,
    "s": 45.749,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55922,
    "c": 0.13081,
    "h": 30.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B45243

secondary

#8EBEC5

accent

#C4D552

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFED

border

#D4CAC8

text

#150B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B45243

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

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