#B45249#B45249

#B45249 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.129 H 27.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B45249
RGB	rgb(180, 82, 73)
HSL	hsl(5, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(5, 59%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.4%, 59.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.26, 39.09, 24.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.26, 46.16, 32.13°)
OKLab	oklab(56.03% 0.115 0.0594)
OKLCH	oklch(56.03% 0.129 27.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.0442, 16.2217, 8.2196)
Luminance	0.1622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B45249 #49ABB4

analogous

#B44975 #B45249 #B48849

triadic

#B45249 #49B452 #5249B4

tetradic

#B45249 #75B449 #49ABB4 #8849B4

square

#B45249 #75B449 #49ABB4 #8849B4

split-complementary

#B45249 #49B488 #4975B4

monochromatic

#5D2A26 #883E37 #B45249 #C77B74 #D8A49F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#B45249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#B45249 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B45249

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B45249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B45249	1.00	4.95	4.24	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6348

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827847

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C44150

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b45249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 82, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.129 27.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0857c',
    500: '#b45249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b45249;
$custom-light: #d0857c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b45249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.047,
    "s": 42.292,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56029,
    "c": 0.12944,
    "h": 27.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B45249

secondary

#94C1C5

accent

#C8D256

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAEFEE

border

#D3CAC9

text

#150B09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B45249

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

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