#B45656#B45656

#B45656 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.123 H 21.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B45656
RGB	rgb(180, 86, 86)
HSL	hsl(0, 39%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(0, 52%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.2%, 52.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.30, 38.12, 18.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.30, 42.24, 25.50°)
OKLab	oklab(56.9% 0.1139 0.0453)
OKLCH	oklch(56.9% 0.123 21.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.8317, 17.0334, 10.8350)
Luminance	0.1703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B45656 #56B4B4

analogous

#B45685 #B45656 #B48556

triadic

#B45656 #56B456 #5656B4

tetradic

#B45656 #85B456 #56B4B4 #8556B4

square

#B45656 #85B456 #56B4B4 #8556B4

split-complementary

#B45656 #56B485 #5685B4

monochromatic

#632C2C #8E3F3F #B45656 #C78080 #DAABAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.77

#B45656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#B45656 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B45656

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B45656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B45656	1.00	4.77	4.41	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6755

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837A54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C44857

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b45656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 86, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.123 21.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8885',
    500: '#b45656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b45656;
$custom-light: #cf8885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b45656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 38.525,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56895,
    "c": 0.12262,
    "h": 21.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B45656

secondary

#9EC7C7

accent

#CECE59

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FAF0EF

border

#D3CBCA

text

#140C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B45656

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

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