#B45442#B45442

#B45442 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.129 H 32.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B45442
RGB	rgb(180, 84, 66)
HSL	hsl(9, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(9, 63%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.3%, 63.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.55, 37.57, 29.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.55, 47.46, 37.66°)
OKLab	oklab(56.21% 0.1091 0.0687)
OKLCH	oklch(56.21% 0.129 32.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.9781, 16.4401, 7.1164)
Luminance	0.1644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B45442 #42A2B4

analogous

#B44269 #B45442 #B48D42

triadic

#B45442 #42B454 #5442B4

tetradic

#B45442 #69B442 #42A2B4 #8D42B4

square

#B45442 #69B442 #42A2B4 #8D42B4

split-complementary

#B45442 #42B48D #4269B4

monochromatic

#5A2A21 #873F32 #B45442 #C9796B #D9A297

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#B45442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#B45442 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B45442

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B45442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B45442	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)

#6D6440

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847940

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C54250

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b45442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 84, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.129 32.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d08777',
    500: '#b45442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b45442;
$custom-light: #d08777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b45442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.474,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56207,
    "c": 0.12895,
    "h": 32.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B45442

secondary

#8DBCC5

accent

#C1D652

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B45442

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

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