#B45849#B45849

#B45849 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.123 H 30.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B45849
RGB	rgb(180, 88, 73)
HSL	hsl(8, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(8, 59%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.1%, 59.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.47, 36.01, 26.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.47, 44.47, 35.93°)
OKLab	oklab(56.94% 0.1055 0.0629)
OKLCH	oklch(56.94% 0.123 30.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.5166, 17.1665, 8.3771)
Luminance	0.1716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B45849 #49A5B4

analogous

#B44970 #B45849 #B48D49

triadic

#B45849 #49B458 #5849B4

tetradic

#B45849 #70B449 #49A5B4 #8D49B4

square

#B45849 #70B449 #49A5B4 #8D49B4

split-complementary

#B45849 #49B48D #4970B4

monochromatic

#5D2D26 #884337 #B45849 #C77F74 #D8A79F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#B45849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#B45849 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B45849

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B45849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B45849	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)

#6F6747

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857B47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C44855

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b45849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 88, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.123 30.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf897c',
    500: '#b45849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b45849;
$custom-light: #cf897c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b45849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.411,
    "s": 42.292,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56944,
    "c": 0.12278,
    "h": 30.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B45849

secondary

#94BEC5

accent

#C1D256

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0EE

border

#D3CBC9

text

#150C09

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B45849

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

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