#B45545#B45545

#B45545 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.127 H 31.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B45545
RGB	rgb(180, 85, 69)
HSL	hsl(9, 45%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(9, 62%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.8%, 61.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.79, 37.27, 27.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.79, 46.36, 36.49°)
OKLab	oklab(56.41% 0.1087 0.0658)
OKLCH	oklch(56.41% 0.127 31.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.1471, 16.6327, 7.6206)
Luminance	0.1663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B45545 #45A4B4

analogous

#B4456D #B45545 #B48D45

triadic

#B45545 #45B455 #5545B4

tetradic

#B45545 #6DB445 #45A4B4 #8D45B4

square

#B45545 #6DB445 #45A4B4 #8D45B4

split-complementary

#B45545 #45B48D #456DB4

monochromatic

#5C2B23 #884034 #B45545 #C87B6F #D9A49B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#B45545 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#B45545 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B45545

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B45545	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B45545	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)

#6D6543

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847943

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C54451

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b45545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 85, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.127 31.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d08779',
    500: '#b45545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b45545;
$custom-light: #d08779;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b45545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.649,
    "s": 44.578,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56409,
    "c": 0.12708,
    "h": 31.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B45545

secondary

#90BDC5

accent

#C2D454

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0ED

border

#D3CBC8

text

#150B09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B45545

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

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