#B45257#B45257

#B45257 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.128 H 19.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B45257
RGB	rgb(180, 82, 87)
HSL	hsl(357, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(357, 54%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.4%, 51.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.53, 40.25, 16.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.53, 43.52, 22.35°)
OKLab	oklab(56.32% 0.1207 0.0415)
OKLCH	oklch(56.32% 0.128 19)
XYZ	xyz(23.5618, 16.4287, 10.9452)
Luminance	0.1643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B45257 #52B4AF

analogous

#B45288 #B45257 #B47E52

triadic

#B45257 #57B452 #5257B4

tetradic

#B45257 #88B452 #52B4AF #7E52B4

square

#B45257 #88B452 #52B4AF #7E52B4

split-complementary

#B45257 #52B47E #5288B4

monochromatic

#612A2D #8C3D41 #B45257 #C77D80 #D9A7AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#B45257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#B45257 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B45257

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B45257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B45257	1.00	4.90	4.29	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686457

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817855

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C44354

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b45257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 82, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.128 19.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8686',
    500: '#b45257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b45257;
$custom-light: #cf8686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b45257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.939,
    "s": 39.516,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56319,
    "c": 0.12762,
    "h": 19
  },
  "luminance": 0.16426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B45257

secondary

#9BC7C4

accent

#CFC958

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FAEFEF

border

#D3CACA

text

#140B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B45257

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

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