#B45D49#B45D49

#B45D49 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.118 H 34.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B45D49
RGB	rgb(180, 93, 73)
HSL	hsl(11, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(11, 59%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.3%, 59.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.52, 33.38, 27.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.52, 43.20, 39.40°)
OKLab	oklab(57.74% 0.0973 0.0659)
OKLCH	oklch(57.74% 0.118 34.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.9412, 18.0157, 8.5186)
Luminance	0.1801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B45D49 #49A0B4

analogous

#B4496B #B45D49 #B49349

triadic

#B45D49 #49B45D #5D49B4

tetradic

#B45D49 #6BB449 #49A0B4 #9349B4

square

#B45D49 #6BB449 #49A0B4 #9349B4

split-complementary

#B45D49 #49B493 #496BB4

monochromatic

#5D3026 #884737 #B45D49 #C78374 #D8AA9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#B45D49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#B45D49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B45D49

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B45D49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B45D49	1.00	4.56	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736A47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887D47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C44E58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b45d49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 93, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.118 34.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8c7c',
    500: '#b45d49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b45d49;
$custom-light: #cf8c7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b45d49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.215,
    "s": 42.292,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5774,
    "c": 0.11752,
    "h": 34.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B45D49

secondary

#94BCC5

accent

#BBD256

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0EE

border

#D3CBC9

text

#150C09

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B45D49

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

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