#B45949#B45949

#B45949 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.122 H 31.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B45949
RGB	rgb(180, 89, 73)
HSL	hsl(9, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(9, 59%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.6%, 59.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.68, 35.49, 26.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.68, 44.20, 36.60°)
OKLab	oklab(57.1% 0.1038 0.0635)
OKLCH	oklch(57.1% 0.122 31.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.5993, 17.3318, 8.4046)
Luminance	0.1733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B45949 #49A4B4

analogous

#B4496F #B45949 #B48F49

triadic

#B45949 #49B459 #5949B4

tetradic

#B45949 #6FB449 #49A4B4 #8F49B4

square

#B45949 #6FB449 #49A4B4 #8F49B4

split-complementary

#B45949 #49B48F #496FB4

monochromatic

#5D2E26 #884337 #B45949 #C78074 #D8A89F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#B45949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#B45949 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B45949

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B45949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B45949	1.00	4.70	4.47	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706847

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867B47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C44955

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b45949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 89, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.122 31.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8a7c',
    500: '#b45949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b45949;
$custom-light: #cf8a7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b45949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.972,
    "s": 42.292,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57101,
    "c": 0.1217,
    "h": 31.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B45949

secondary

#94BEC5

accent

#BFD256

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0EE

border

#D3CBC9

text

#150C09

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B45949

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

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