#B45256#B45256

#B45256 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.128 H 19.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B45256
RGB	rgb(180, 82, 86)
HSL	hsl(358, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(358, 54%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.4%, 52.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.51, 40.16, 17.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.51, 43.66, 23.09°)
OKLab	oklab(56.3% 0.1203 0.0428)
OKLCH	oklch(56.3% 0.128 19.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.5212, 16.4125, 10.7315)
Luminance	0.1641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B45256 #52B4B0

analogous

#B45287 #B45256 #B47F52

triadic

#B45256 #56B452 #5256B4

tetradic

#B45256 #87B452 #52B4B0 #7F52B4

square

#B45256 #87B452 #52B4B0 #7F52B4

split-complementary

#B45256 #52B47F #5287B4

monochromatic

#612A2C #8C3D40 #B45256 #C77D80 #D9A7A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#B45256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#B45256 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B45256

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B45256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B45256	1.00	4.90	4.28	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686456

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817854

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C44354

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b45256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 82, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.128 19.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8685',
    500: '#b45256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b45256;
$custom-light: #cf8685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b45256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.551,
    "s": 39.516,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56296,
    "c": 0.12768,
    "h": 19.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B45256

secondary

#9BC7C5

accent

#CFCB58

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FAEFEF

border

#D3CACA

text

#140B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B45256

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

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