#B45B44#B45B44

#B45B44 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.121 H 35.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B45B44
RGB	rgb(180, 91, 68)
HSL	hsl(12, 45%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(12, 62%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.4%, 62.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.01, 34.07, 29.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.01, 45.17, 41.05°)
OKLab	oklab(57.33% 0.0986 0.0704)
OKLCH	oklch(57.33% 0.121 35.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.6088, 17.6055, 7.6226)
Luminance	0.1760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B45B44 #449DB4

analogous

#B44465 #B45B44 #B49344

triadic

#B45B44 #44B45B #5B44B4

tetradic

#B45B44 #65B444 #449DB4 #9344B4

square

#B45B44 #65B444 #449DB4 #9344B4

split-complementary

#B45B44 #44B493 #4465B4

monochromatic

#5B2E22 #884533 #B45B44 #C8806D #D9A79A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#B45B44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.52

#B45B44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B45B44

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B45B44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B45B44	1.00	4.65	4.52	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726942

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887C42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C44B56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b45b44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 91, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.121 35.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d08b78',
    500: '#b45b44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b45b44;
$custom-light: #d08b78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b45b44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.321,
    "s": 45.161,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57333,
    "c": 0.1212,
    "h": 35.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B45B44

secondary

#8FBAC5

accent

#BAD553

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0ED

border

#D3CBC8

text

#150C09

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B45B44

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

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