#B45942#B45942

#B45942 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.124 H 35.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B45942
RGB	rgb(180, 89, 66)
HSL	hsl(12, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(12, 63%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.6%, 63.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.57, 34.98, 30.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.57, 46.25, 40.86°)
OKLab	oklab(56.98% 0.1011 0.0715)
OKLCH	oklch(56.98% 0.124 35.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.3801, 17.2441, 7.2504)
Luminance	0.1724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B45942 #429DB4

analogous

#B44264 #B45942 #B49242

triadic

#B45942 #42B459 #5942B4

tetradic

#B45942 #64B442 #429DB4 #9242B4

square

#B45942 #64B442 #429DB4 #9242B4

split-complementary

#B45942 #42B492 #4264B4

monochromatic

#5A2D21 #874332 #B45942 #C97E6B #D9A597

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#B45942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#B45942 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B45942

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B45942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B45942	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706740

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877B40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C54854

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b45942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 89, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.124 35.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d08a77',
    500: '#b45942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b45942;
$custom-light: #d08a77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b45942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.105,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56982,
    "c": 0.12384,
    "h": 35.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B45942

secondary

#8DBAC5

accent

#BBD652

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0ED

border

#D3CBC8

text

#150C08

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B45942

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

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