#B45252#B45252

#B45252 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.128 H 22.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B45252
RGB	rgb(180, 82, 82)
HSL	hsl(0, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(0, 54%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.4%, 54.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.43, 39.81, 19.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.43, 44.29, 25.99°)
OKLab	oklab(56.21% 0.1187 0.0481)
OKLCH	oklch(56.21% 0.128 22)
XYZ	xyz(23.3645, 16.3498, 9.9064)
Luminance	0.1635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B45252 #52B4B4

analogous

#B45283 #B45252 #B48352

triadic

#B45252 #52B452 #5252B4

tetradic

#B45252 #83B452 #52B4B4 #8352B4

square

#B45252 #83B452 #52B4B4 #8352B4

split-complementary

#B45252 #52B483 #5283B4

monochromatic

#612A2A #8C3D3D #B45252 #C77D7D #D9A7A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.92

#B45252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#B45252 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B45252

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B45252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B45252	1.00	4.92	4.27	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696451

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817850

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C44253

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b45252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 82, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.128 22.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8682',
    500: '#b45252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b45252;
$custom-light: #cf8682;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b45252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 39.516,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56209,
    "c": 0.12803,
    "h": 22
  },
  "luminance": 0.16347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B45252

secondary

#9BC7C7

accent

#CFCF58

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAEFEE

border

#D3CAC9

text

#150B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B45252

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

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