#B45544#B45544

#B45544 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.127 H 31.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B45544
RGB	rgb(180, 85, 68)
HSL	hsl(9, 45%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(9, 62%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.8%, 62.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.78, 37.20, 28.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.78, 46.64, 37.10°)
OKLab	oklab(56.39% 0.1083 0.067)
OKLCH	oklch(56.39% 0.127 31.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.1163, 16.6204, 7.4585)
Luminance	0.1662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B45544 #44A3B4

analogous

#B4446B #B45544 #B48D44

triadic

#B45544 #44B455 #5544B4

tetradic

#B45544 #6BB444 #44A3B4 #8D44B4

square

#B45544 #6BB444 #44A3B4 #8D44B4

split-complementary

#B45544 #44B48D #446BB4

monochromatic

#5B2B22 #884033 #B45544 #C87B6D #D9A39A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#B45544 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#B45544 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B45544

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B45544	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B45544	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)

#6D6542

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857942

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C54451

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b45544;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 85, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.127 31.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d08778',
    500: '#b45544',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b45544;
$custom-light: #d08778;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b45544",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.107,
    "s": 45.161,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56392,
    "c": 0.12735,
    "h": 31.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B45544

secondary

#8FBDC5

accent

#C1D553

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0ED

border

#D3CBC8

text

#150B09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B45544

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

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