#B45B48#B45B48

#B45B48 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.120 H 33.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B45B48
RGB	rgb(180, 91, 72)
HSL	hsl(11, 43%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(11, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.4%, 60%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.08, 34.36, 27.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.08, 43.97, 38.61°)
OKLab	oklab(57.4% 0.1002 0.0658)
OKLCH	oklch(57.4% 0.12 33.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.7351, 17.6560, 8.2876)
Luminance	0.1765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B45B48 #48A1B4

analogous

#B4486B #B45B48 #B49148

triadic

#B45B48 #48B45B #5B48B4

tetradic

#B45B48 #6BB448 #48A1B4 #9148B4

square

#B45B48 #6BB448 #48A1B4 #9148B4

split-complementary

#B45B48 #48B491 #486BB4

monochromatic

#5D2F25 #884537 #B45B48 #C78172 #D8A89E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.64

#B45B48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.53

#B45B48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B45B48

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B45B48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B45B48	1.00	4.64	4.53	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716946

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877C46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C44B57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b45b48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 91, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.120 33.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8b7b',
    500: '#b45b48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b45b48;
$custom-light: #cf8b7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b45b48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.556,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57401,
    "c": 0.1199,
    "h": 33.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B45B48

secondary

#93BCC5

accent

#BDD355

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0EE

border

#D3CBC9

text

#150C09

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B45B48

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

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