#B45848#B45848

#B45848 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.123 H 31.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B45848
RGB	rgb(180, 88, 72)
HSL	hsl(9, 43%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(9, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.1%, 60%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.45, 35.93, 26.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.45, 44.74, 36.56°)
OKLab	oklab(56.93% 0.1051 0.0641)
OKLCH	oklch(56.93% 0.123 31.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.4837, 17.1533, 8.2039)
Luminance	0.1715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B45848 #48A4B4

analogous

#B4486E #B45848 #B48E48

triadic

#B45848 #48B458 #5848B4

tetradic

#B45848 #6EB448 #48A4B4 #8E48B4

square

#B45848 #6EB448 #48A4B4 #8E48B4

split-complementary

#B45848 #48B48E #486EB4

monochromatic

#5D2D25 #884337 #B45848 #C77F72 #D8A79E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#B45848 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#B45848 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B45848

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B45848	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B45848	1.00	4.74	4.43	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6746

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867B46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C44854

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b45848;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 88, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.123 31.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf897b',
    500: '#b45848',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b45848;
$custom-light: #cf897b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b45848",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.889,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56926,
    "c": 0.12305,
    "h": 31.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B45848

secondary

#93BDC5

accent

#C0D355

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0EE

border

#D3CBC9

text

#150C09

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B45848

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

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