#B45940#B45940

#B45940 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.125 H 36.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B45940
RGB	rgb(180, 89, 64)
HSL	hsl(13, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(13, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.6%, 64.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.54, 34.85, 31.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.54, 46.88, 41.98°)
OKLab	oklab(56.95% 0.1003 0.0737)
OKLCH	oklch(56.95% 0.125 36.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.3222, 17.2209, 6.9453)
Luminance	0.1722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B45940 #409BB4

analogous

#B44061 #B45940 #B49340

triadic

#B45940 #40B459 #5940B4

tetradic

#B45940 #61B440 #409BB4 #9340B4

square

#B45940 #61B440 #409BB4 #9340B4

split-complementary

#B45940 #40B493 #4061B4

monochromatic

#5A2C20 #874330 #B45940 #C97D68 #D9A495

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#B45940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#B45940 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B45940

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B45940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B45940	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)

#71673D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877B3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C54853

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b45940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 89, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.125 36.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d08a75',
    500: '#b45940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b45940;
$custom-light: #d08a75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b45940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.931,
    "s": 47.541,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56951,
    "c": 0.12452,
    "h": 36.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B45940

secondary

#8BB8C5

accent

#BAD751

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150C08

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B45940

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

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