#B45E49#B45E49

#B45E49 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.117 H 34.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B45E49
RGB	rgb(180, 94, 73)
HSL	hsl(12, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(12, 59%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.8%, 59.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.73, 32.85, 27.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.73, 42.96, 40.13°)
OKLab	oklab(57.9% 0.0957 0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(57.9% 0.117 34.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.0296, 18.1924, 8.5481)
Luminance	0.1819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B45E49 #499FB4

analogous

#B4496A #B45E49 #B49449

triadic

#B45E49 #49B45E #5E49B4

tetradic

#B45E49 #6AB449 #499FB4 #9449B4

square

#B45E49 #6AB449 #499FB4 #9449B4

split-complementary

#B45E49 #49B494 #496AB4

monochromatic

#5D3126 #884737 #B45E49 #C78474 #D8AA9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.53

#B45E49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.64

#B45E49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B45E49

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B45E49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B45E49	1.00	4.53	4.64	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746B47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897D48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C44F59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b45e49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 94, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.117 34.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8d7c',
    500: '#b45e49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b45e49;
$custom-light: #cf8d7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b45e49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.776,
    "s": 42.292,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57903,
    "c": 0.11652,
    "h": 34.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B45E49

secondary

#94BBC5

accent

#BAD256

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0EE

border

#D3CBC9

text

#150C09

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B45E49

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

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