#B45642#B45642

#B45642 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.127 H 33.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B45642
RGB	rgb(180, 86, 66)
HSL	hsl(11, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(11, 63%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.2%, 63.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.95, 36.54, 29.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.95, 46.96, 38.91°)
OKLab	oklab(56.51% 0.1059 0.0698)
OKLCH	oklch(56.51% 0.127 33.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.1356, 16.7550, 7.1689)
Luminance	0.1675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B45642 #42A0B4

analogous

#B44267 #B45642 #B48F42

triadic

#B45642 #42B456 #5642B4

tetradic

#B45642 #67B442 #42A0B4 #8F42B4

square

#B45642 #67B442 #42A0B4 #8F42B4

split-complementary

#B45642 #42B48F #4267B4

monochromatic

#5A2B21 #874132 #B45642 #C97B6B #D9A397

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#B45642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#B45642 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B45642

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B45642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B45642	1.00	4.83	4.35	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6540

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857A40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C54551

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b45642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 86, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.127 33.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d08877',
    500: '#b45642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b45642;
$custom-light: #d08877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b45642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.526,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56513,
    "c": 0.12688,
    "h": 33.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B45642

secondary

#8DBBC5

accent

#BFD652

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B45642

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

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