#B45951#B45951

#B45951 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.120 H 26.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B45951
RGB	rgb(180, 89, 81)
HSL	hsl(5, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(5, 55%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.6%, 55%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.82, 36.13, 21.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.82, 42.22, 31.15°)
OKLab	oklab(57.25% 0.1071 0.0537)
OKLCH	oklch(57.25% 0.12 26.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.8818, 17.4448, 9.8925)
Luminance	0.1744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B45951 #51ACB4

analogous

#B4517A #B45951 #B48A51

triadic

#B45951 #51B459 #5951B4

tetradic

#B45951 #7AB451 #51ACB4 #8A51B4

square

#B45951 #7AB451 #51ACB4 #8A51B4

split-complementary

#B45951 #51B48A #517AB4

monochromatic

#612E2A #8C433C #B45951 #C6827C #D9ABA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#B45951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#B45951 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B45951

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B45951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B45951	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)

#6F6850

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857B4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C44A57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b45951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 89, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.120 26.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8a82',
    500: '#b45951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b45951;
$custom-light: #cf8a82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b45951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.848,
    "s": 39.759,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57253,
    "c": 0.11976,
    "h": 26.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B45951

secondary

#9BC3C6

accent

#C6D058

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0EE

border

#D3CBC9

text

#140C0A

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B45951

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

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