#B45559#B45559

#B45559 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.124 H 19.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B45559
RGB	rgb(180, 85, 89)
HSL	hsl(357, 39%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(357, 53%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.8%, 50.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.16, 38.91, 16.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.16, 42.15, 22.61°)
OKLab	oklab(56.81% 0.1168 0.0407)
OKLCH	oklch(56.81% 0.124 19.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.8758, 16.9242, 11.4586)
Luminance	0.1692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B45559 #55B4B0

analogous

#B45589 #B45559 #B48155

triadic

#B45559 #59B455 #5559B4

tetradic

#B45559 #89B455 #55B4B0 #8155B4

square

#B45559 #89B455 #55B4B0 #8155B4

split-complementary

#B45559 #55B481 #5589B4

monochromatic

#632C2E #8D3E42 #B45559 #C77F82 #D9AAAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#B45559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#B45559 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B45559

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B45559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B45559	1.00	4.79	4.38	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6659

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827A57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C34757

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b45559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 85, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.124 19.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8887',
    500: '#b45559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b45559;
$custom-light: #cf8887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b45559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.474,
    "s": 38.776,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56811,
    "c": 0.12365,
    "h": 19.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B45559

secondary

#9EC7C5

accent

#CFCA59

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FAF0EF

border

#D3CBCA

text

#140B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B45559

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

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