#B45541#B45541

#B45541 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.128 H 33.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B45541
RGB	rgb(180, 85, 65)
HSL	hsl(10, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(10, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.8%, 63.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.73, 36.99, 29.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.73, 47.51, 38.86°)
OKLab	oklab(56.34% 0.1071 0.0704)
OKLCH	oklch(56.34% 0.128 33.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.0271, 16.5847, 6.9885)
Luminance	0.1658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B45541 #41A0B4

analogous

#B44166 #B45541 #B48E41

triadic

#B45541 #41B455 #5541B4

tetradic

#B45541 #66B441 #41A0B4 #8E41B4

square

#B45541 #66B441 #41A0B4 #8E41B4

split-complementary

#B45541 #41B48E #4166B4

monochromatic

#5A2B21 #874031 #B45541 #C97A69 #D9A296

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#B45541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#B45541 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B45541

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B45541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B45541	1.00	4.87	4.32	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D653F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85793F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C54350

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b45541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 85, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.128 33.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d08776',
    500: '#b45541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b45541;
$custom-light: #d08776;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b45541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.435,
    "s": 46.939,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56343,
    "c": 0.12821,
    "h": 33.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B45541

secondary

#8CBBC5

accent

#BFD751

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B45541

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

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