#B45259#B45259

#B45259 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.128 H 17.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B45259
RGB	rgb(180, 82, 89)
HSL	hsl(356, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(356, 54%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.4%, 50.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.57, 40.43, 15.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.57, 43.27, 20.85°)
OKLab	oklab(56.36% 0.1215 0.0388)
OKLCH	oklch(56.36% 0.128 17.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.6446, 16.4618, 11.3815)
Luminance	0.1646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B45259 #52B4AD

analogous

#B4528A #B45259 #B47C52

triadic

#B45259 #59B452 #5259B4

tetradic

#B45259 #8AB452 #52B4AD #7C52B4

square

#B45259 #8AB452 #52B4AD #7C52B4

split-complementary

#B45259 #52B47C #528AB4

monochromatic

#612A2E #8C3D42 #B45259 #C77D82 #D9A7AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#B45259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#B45259 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B45259

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B45259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B45259	1.00	4.89	4.29	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686459

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807857

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C34455

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b45259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 82, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.128 17.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8687',
    500: '#b45259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b45259;
$custom-light: #cf8687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b45259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.714,
    "s": 39.516,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56365,
    "c": 0.12755,
    "h": 17.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B45259

secondary

#9BC7C3

accent

#CFC758

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FAEFEF

border

#D3CACA

text

#140B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B45259

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

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