#B45840#B45840

#B45840 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.125 H 35.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B45840
RGB	rgb(180, 88, 64)
HSL	hsl(12, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(12, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.1%, 64.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.33, 35.37, 31.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.33, 47.10, 41.33°)
OKLab	oklab(56.79% 0.102 0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(56.79% 0.125 35.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.2395, 17.0556, 6.9177)
Luminance	0.1705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B45840 #409CB4

analogous

#B44062 #B45840 #B49240

triadic

#B45840 #40B458 #5840B4

tetradic

#B45840 #62B440 #409CB4 #9240B4

square

#B45840 #62B440 #409CB4 #9240B4

split-complementary

#B45840 #40B492 #4062B4

monochromatic

#5A2C20 #874230 #B45840 #C97C68 #D9A395

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#B45840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#B45840 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B45840

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B45840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B45840	1.00	4.76	4.41	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#70663E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867A3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C54752

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b45840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 88, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.125 35.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d08975',
    500: '#b45840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b45840;
$custom-light: #d08975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b45840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.414,
    "s": 47.541,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56793,
    "c": 0.12549,
    "h": 35.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B45840

secondary

#8BB9C5

accent

#BBD751

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150C08

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B45840

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

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