#B45342#B45342

#B45342 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.130 H 31.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B45342
RGB	rgb(180, 83, 66)
HSL	hsl(9, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(9, 63%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.9%, 63.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.35, 38.08, 28.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.35, 47.72, 37.06°)
OKLab	oklab(56.06% 0.1107 0.0682)
OKLCH	oklch(56.06% 0.13 31.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.9010, 16.2859, 7.0907)
Luminance	0.1628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B45342 #42A3B4

analogous

#B4426A #B45342 #B48C42

triadic

#B45342 #42B453 #5342B4

tetradic

#B45342 #6AB442 #42A3B4 #8C42B4

square

#B45342 #6AB442 #42A3B4 #8C42B4

split-complementary

#B45342 #42B48C #426AB4

monochromatic

#5A2A21 #873E32 #B45342 #C9796B #D9A197

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.93

#B45342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#B45342 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B45342

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B45342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B45342	1.00	4.93	4.26	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6340

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847840

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5414F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b45342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 83, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.130 31.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d08676',
    500: '#b45342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b45342;
$custom-light: #d08676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b45342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.947,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56055,
    "c": 0.13001,
    "h": 31.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B45342

secondary

#8DBCC5

accent

#C2D652

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFED

border

#D4CAC8

text

#150B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B45342

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

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