#B45C59#B45C59

#B45C59 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.115 H 23.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B45C59
RGB	rgb(180, 92, 89)
HSL	hsl(2, 38%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(2, 51%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.9%, 50.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.59, 35.28, 18.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.59, 39.67, 27.22°)
OKLab	oklab(57.9% 0.1054 0.0454)
OKLCH	oklch(57.9% 0.115 23.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.4544, 18.0814, 11.6515)
Luminance	0.1808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B45C59 #59B1B4

analogous

#B45983 #B45C59 #B48959

triadic

#B45C59 #59B45C #5C59B4

tetradic

#B45C59 #83B459 #59B1B4 #8959B4

square

#B45C59 #83B459 #59B1B4 #8959B4

split-complementary

#B45C59 #59B489 #5983B4

monochromatic

#652F2E #8F4341 #B45C59 #C78583 #DAAFAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.55

#B45C59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.62

#B45C59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B45C59

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B45C59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B45C59	1.00	4.55	4.62	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#706B58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867D57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C34F5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b45c59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 92, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.115 23.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8c87',
    500: '#b45c59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b45c59;
$custom-light: #ce8c87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b45c59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.978,
    "s": 37.759,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57896,
    "c": 0.11478,
    "h": 23.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B45C59

secondary

#A1C7C8

accent

#CACE5A

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FAF0EF

border

#D3CBCA

text

#140C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B45C59

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

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