#B45552#B45552

#B45552 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.124 H 23.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B45552
RGB	rgb(180, 85, 82)
HSL	hsl(2, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(2, 54%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.8%, 54.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.02, 38.29, 20.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.02, 43.29, 27.81°)
OKLab	oklab(56.66% 0.1139 0.0499)
OKLCH	oklch(56.66% 0.124 23.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.5957, 16.8122, 9.9835)
Luminance	0.1681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B45552 #52B1B4

analogous

#B45280 #B45552 #B48652

triadic

#B45552 #52B455 #5552B4

tetradic

#B45552 #80B452 #52B1B4 #8652B4

square

#B45552 #80B452 #52B1B4 #8652B4

split-complementary

#B45552 #52B486 #5280B4

monochromatic

#612C2A #8C3F3D #B45552 #C77F7D #D9A9A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#B45552 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#B45552 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B45552

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B45552	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B45552	1.00	4.81	4.36	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6651

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837A50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C44655

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b45552;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 85, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.124 23.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8782',
    500: '#b45552',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b45552;
$custom-light: #cf8782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b45552",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.837,
    "s": 39.516,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56657,
    "c": 0.12436,
    "h": 23.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B45552

secondary

#9BC5C7

accent

#CCCF58

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0EE

border

#D3CBC9

text

#140B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B45552

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

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