#B45451#B45451

#B45451 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.126 H 23.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B45451
RGB	rgb(180, 84, 81)
HSL	hsl(2, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(2, 55%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.3%, 55%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.80, 38.71, 20.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.80, 43.81, 27.91°)
OKLab	oklab(56.49% 0.1151 0.0506)
OKLCH	oklch(56.49% 0.126 23.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.4798, 16.6407, 9.7585)
Luminance	0.1664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B45451 #51B1B4

analogous

#B4517F #B45451 #B48551

triadic

#B45451 #51B454 #5451B4

tetradic

#B45451 #7FB451 #51B1B4 #8551B4

square

#B45451 #7FB451 #51B1B4 #8551B4

split-complementary

#B45451 #51B485 #517FB4

monochromatic

#612B2A #8C3F3C #B45451 #C67E7C #D9A8A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#B45451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#B45451 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B45451

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B45451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B45451	1.00	4.85	4.33	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6550

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83794F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C44554

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b45451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 84, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.126 23.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8781',
    500: '#b45451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b45451;
$custom-light: #cf8781;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b45451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.818,
    "s": 39.759,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56485,
    "c": 0.12571,
    "h": 23.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B45451

secondary

#9BC5C6

accent

#CCD058

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0EE

border

#D3CBC9

text

#150B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B45451

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

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