#B45757#B45757

#B45757 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.121 H 21.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B45757
RGB	rgb(180, 87, 87)
HSL	hsl(0, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(0, 52%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.7%, 51.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.52, 37.70, 17.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.52, 41.73, 25.38°)
OKLab	oklab(57.07% 0.1127 0.0447)
OKLCH	oklch(57.07% 0.121 21.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.9526, 17.2104, 11.0755)
Luminance	0.1721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B45757 #57B4B4

analogous

#B45786 #B45757 #B48657

triadic

#B45757 #57B457 #5757B4

tetradic

#B45757 #86B457 #57B4B4 #8657B4

square

#B45757 #86B457 #57B4B4 #8657B4

split-complementary

#B45757 #57B486 #5786B4

monochromatic

#642D2D #8E4040 #B45757 #C78181 #DAACAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#B45757 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#B45757 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B45757

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B45757	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B45757	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6756

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837B55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C34958

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b45757;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 87, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.121 21.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8986',
    500: '#b45757',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b45757;
$custom-light: #cf8986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b45757",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 38.272,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5707,
    "c": 0.12126,
    "h": 21.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B45757

secondary

#9FC8C8

accent

#CECE5A

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FAF0EF

border

#D3CBCA

text

#140C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B45757

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

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