#B45557#B45557

#B45557 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.124 H 20.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B45557
RGB	rgb(180, 85, 87)
HSL	hsl(359, 39%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(359, 53%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.8%, 51.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.12, 38.73, 17.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.12, 42.43, 24.13°)
OKLab	oklab(56.77% 0.1159 0.0434)
OKLCH	oklch(56.77% 0.124 20.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.7930, 16.8911, 11.0223)
Luminance	0.1689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B45557 #55B4B2

analogous

#B45587 #B45557 #B48355

triadic

#B45557 #57B455 #5557B4

tetradic

#B45557 #87B455 #55B4B2 #8355B4

square

#B45557 #87B455 #55B4B2 #8355B4

split-complementary

#B45557 #55B483 #5587B4

monochromatic

#632C2D #8D3E40 #B45557 #C77F81 #D9AAAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#B45557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#B45557 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B45557

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B45557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B45557	1.00	4.80	4.38	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6656

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827A55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C44756

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b45557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 85, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.124 20.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8786',
    500: '#b45557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b45557;
$custom-light: #cf8786;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b45557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.737,
    "s": 38.776,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56765,
    "c": 0.12379,
    "h": 20.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B45557

secondary

#9EC7C6

accent

#CFCC59

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FAF0EF

border

#D3CBCA

text

#140B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B45557

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

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