#B45359#B45359

#B45359 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.126 H 18.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B45359
RGB	rgb(180, 83, 89)
HSL	hsl(356, 39%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(356, 54%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.9%, 50.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.77, 39.93, 15.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.77, 42.89, 21.42°)
OKLab	oklab(56.51% 0.1199 0.0394)
OKLCH	oklch(56.51% 0.126 18.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.7206, 16.6137, 11.4069)
Luminance	0.1661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B45359 #53B4AE

analogous

#B4538A #B45359 #B47E53

triadic

#B45359 #59B453 #5359B4

tetradic

#B45359 #8AB453 #53B4AE #7E53B4

square

#B45359 #8AB453 #53B4AE #7E53B4

split-complementary

#B45359 #53B47E #538AB4

monochromatic

#622B2E #8D3D42 #B45359 #C77E82 #D9A8AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#B45359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#B45359 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B45359

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B45359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B45359	1.00	4.86	4.32	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696559

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817957

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C34556

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b45359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 83, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.126 18.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8687',
    500: '#b45359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b45359;
$custom-light: #cf8687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b45359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.289,
    "s": 39.271,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56512,
    "c": 0.12624,
    "h": 18.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B45359

secondary

#9CC7C4

accent

#CFC859

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FAF0EF

border

#D3CBCA

text

#140B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B45359

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

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