#B45959#B45959

#B45959 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.119 H 21.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B45959
RGB	rgb(180, 89, 89)
HSL	hsl(0, 38%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(0, 51%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.6%, 50.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.97, 36.85, 17.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.97, 40.71, 25.15°)
OKLab	oklab(57.42% 0.1103 0.0434)
OKLCH	oklch(57.42% 0.119 21.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.1997, 17.5719, 11.5666)
Luminance	0.1757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B45959 #59B4B4

analogous

#B45986 #B45959 #B48659

triadic

#B45959 #59B459 #5959B4

tetradic

#B45959 #86B459 #59B4B4 #8659B4

square

#B45959 #86B459 #59B4B4 #8659B4

split-complementary

#B45959 #59B486 #5986B4

monochromatic

#652E2E #8F4141 #B45959 #C78383 #DAADAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#B45959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#B45959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B45959

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B45959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B45959	1.00	4.65	4.51	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6958

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847B57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C34C5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b45959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 89, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.119 21.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8a87',
    500: '#b45959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b45959;
$custom-light: #ce8a87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b45959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 37.759,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57423,
    "c": 0.11854,
    "h": 21.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B45959

secondary

#A1C8C8

accent

#CECE5A

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FAF0EF

border

#D3CBCA

text

#140C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B45959

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

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