#B45537#B45537

#B45537 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.131 H 38.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B45537
RGB	rgb(180, 85, 55)
HSL	hsl(14, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(14, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.8%, 69.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.60, 36.38, 35.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.60, 50.68, 44.13°)
OKLab	oklab(56.2% 0.1034 0.081)
OKLCH	oklch(56.2% 0.131 38.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.7626, 16.4789, 5.5958)
Luminance	0.1648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B45537 #3796B4

analogous

#B43757 #B45537 #B49337

triadic

#B45537 #37B455 #5537B4

tetradic

#B45537 #57B437 #3796B4 #9337B4

square

#B45537 #57B437 #3796B4 #9337B4

split-complementary

#B45537 #37B493 #3757B4

monochromatic

#56291A #853F29 #B45537 #CD775B #DB9E8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#B45537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#B45537 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B45537

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B45537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B45537	1.00	4.89	4.30	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6434

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867935

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5424E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b45537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 85, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.131 38.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1876f',
    500: '#b45537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b45537;
$custom-light: #d1876f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b45537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.4,
    "s": 53.191,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56196,
    "c": 0.13138,
    "h": 38.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B45537

secondary

#81B5C6

accent

#BADD4B

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150B07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B45537

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

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