#B45C49#B45C49

#B45C49 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.119 H 33.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B45C49
RGB	rgb(180, 92, 73)
HSL	hsl(11, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(11, 59%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.9%, 59.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.30, 33.91, 27.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.30, 43.44, 38.68°)
OKLab	oklab(57.58% 0.099 0.0653)
OKLCH	oklch(57.58% 0.119 33.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.8540, 17.8413, 8.4895)
Luminance	0.1784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B45C49 #49A1B4

analogous

#B4496C #B45C49 #B49149

triadic

#B45C49 #49B45C #5C49B4

tetradic

#B45C49 #6CB449 #49A1B4 #9149B4

square

#B45C49 #6CB449 #49A1B4 #9149B4

split-complementary

#B45C49 #49B491 #496CB4

monochromatic

#5D2F26 #884637 #B45C49 #C78274 #D8A99F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.60

#B45C49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.57

#B45C49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B45C49

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B45C49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B45C49	1.00	4.60	4.57	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726A47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887C47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C44D57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b45c49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 92, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.119 33.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8c7c',
    500: '#b45c49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b45c49;
$custom-light: #cf8c7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b45c49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.654,
    "s": 42.292,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57579,
    "c": 0.11855,
    "h": 33.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B45C49

secondary

#94BCC5

accent

#BCD256

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0EE

border

#D3CBC9

text

#150C09

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B45C49

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

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