#B45950#B45950

#B45950 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.120 H 27.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B45950
RGB	rgb(180, 89, 80)
HSL	hsl(5, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(5, 56%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.6%, 55.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.80, 36.05, 22.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.80, 42.44, 31.86°)
OKLab	oklab(57.23% 0.1067 0.0549)
OKLCH	oklch(57.23% 0.12 27.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.8446, 17.4299, 9.6965)
Luminance	0.1743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B45950 #50ABB4

analogous

#B45079 #B45950 #B48B50

triadic

#B45950 #50B459 #5950B4

tetradic

#B45950 #79B450 #50ABB4 #8B50B4

square

#B45950 #79B450 #50ABB4 #8B50B4

split-complementary

#B45950 #50B48B #5079B4

monochromatic

#602E29 #8B433C #B45950 #C6827B #D9AAA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#B45950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#B45950 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B45950

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B45950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B45950	1.00	4.68	4.49	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F684F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857B4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C44A57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b45950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 89, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.120 27.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8a81',
    500: '#b45950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b45950;
$custom-light: #cf8a81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b45950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.4,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57233,
    "c": 0.11997,
    "h": 27.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B45950

secondary

#9AC2C6

accent

#C5D058

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0EE

border

#D3CBC9

text

#140C0A

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B45950

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

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