#B45542#B45542

#B45542 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.128 H 32.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B45542
RGB	rgb(180, 85, 66)
HSL	hsl(10, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(10, 63%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.8%, 63.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.75, 37.06, 29.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.75, 47.21, 38.28°)
OKLab	oklab(56.36% 0.1075 0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(56.36% 0.128 32.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.0563, 16.5964, 7.1425)
Luminance	0.1659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B45542 #42A1B4

analogous

#B44268 #B45542 #B48E42

triadic

#B45542 #42B455 #5542B4

tetradic

#B45542 #68B442 #42A1B4 #8E42B4

square

#B45542 #68B442 #42A1B4 #8E42B4

split-complementary

#B45542 #42B48E #4268B4

monochromatic

#5A2B21 #874032 #B45542 #C97A6B #D9A297

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#B45542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#B45542 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B45542

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B45542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B45542	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)

#6D6540

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857940

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C54351

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b45542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 85, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.128 32.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d08777',
    500: '#b45542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b45542;
$custom-light: #d08777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b45542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56359,
    "c": 0.12791,
    "h": 32.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B45542

secondary

#8DBCC5

accent

#C0D652

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B45542

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

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