#B45859#B45859

#B45859 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.120 H 20.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B45859
RGB	rgb(180, 88, 89)
HSL	hsl(359, 38%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(359, 51%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.1%, 50.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.77, 37.37, 17.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.77, 41.06, 24.49°)
OKLab	oklab(57.27% 0.1119 0.0427)
OKLCH	oklch(57.27% 0.12 20.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.1170, 17.4066, 11.5390)
Luminance	0.1740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B45859 #58B4B3

analogous

#B45887 #B45859 #B48558

triadic

#B45859 #59B458 #5859B4

tetradic

#B45859 #87B458 #58B4B3 #8558B4

square

#B45859 #87B458 #58B4B3 #8558B4

split-complementary

#B45859 #58B485 #5887B4

monochromatic

#642D2E #8F4041 #B45859 #C78283 #DAACAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.69

#B45859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.48

#B45859 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B45859

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B45859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B45859	1.00	4.69	4.48	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6858

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847B57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C34B59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b45859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 88, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.120 20.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8987',
    500: '#b45859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b45859;
$custom-light: #cf8987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b45859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.348,
    "s": 38.017,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57268,
    "c": 0.11981,
    "h": 20.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B45859

secondary

#A0C8C7

accent

#CECD5A

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FAF0EF

border

#D3CBCA

text

#140C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B45859

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

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