#B45253#B45253

#B45253 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.128 H 21.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B45253
RGB	rgb(180, 82, 83)
HSL	hsl(359, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(359, 54%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.4%, 53.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.45, 39.90, 18.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.45, 44.12, 25.27°)
OKLab	oklab(56.23% 0.1191 0.0468)
OKLCH	oklch(56.23% 0.128 21.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.4028, 16.3651, 10.1083)
Luminance	0.1636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B45253 #52B4B3

analogous

#B45284 #B45253 #B48252

triadic

#B45253 #53B452 #5253B4

tetradic

#B45253 #84B452 #52B4B3 #8252B4

square

#B45253 #84B452 #52B4B3 #8252B4

split-complementary

#B45253 #52B482 #5284B4

monochromatic

#612A2B #8C3D3E #B45253 #C77D7D #D9A7A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.92

#B45253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#B45253 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B45253

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B45253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B45253	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)

#696452

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817851

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C44353

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b45253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 82, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.128 21.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8683',
    500: '#b45253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b45253;
$custom-light: #cf8683;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b45253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.388,
    "s": 39.516,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5623,
    "c": 0.12792,
    "h": 21.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B45253

secondary

#9BC7C6

accent

#CFCE58

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FAEFEF

border

#D3CACA

text

#150B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B45253

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

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