#B45E4E#B45E4E

#B45E4E is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.115 H 31.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B45E4E
RGB	rgb(180, 94, 78)
HSL	hsl(9, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(9, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.8%, 56.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.81, 33.24, 24.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.81, 41.53, 36.83°)
OKLab	oklab(57.99% 0.0977 0.0605)
OKLCH	oklch(57.99% 0.115 31.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.2021, 18.2614, 9.4565)
Luminance	0.1826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B45E4E #4EA4B4

analogous

#B44E71 #B45E4E #B4914E

triadic

#B45E4E #4EB45E #5E4EB4

tetradic

#B45E4E #71B44E #4EA4B4 #914EB4

square

#B45E4E #71B44E #4EA4B4 #914EB4

split-complementary

#B45E4E #4EB491 #4E71B4

monochromatic

#5F3128 #8A473B #B45E4E #C68579 #D8ACA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#B45E4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.65

#B45E4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B45E4E

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B45E4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B45E4E	1.00	4.51	4.65	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736B4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887D4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4505A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b45e4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 94, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.115 31.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8d7f',
    500: '#b45e4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b45e4e;
$custom-light: #cf8d7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b45e4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.412,
    "s": 40.476,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57994,
    "c": 0.11492,
    "h": 31.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B45E4E

secondary

#98BEC6

accent

#BDD057

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0EE

border

#D3CBC9

text

#140C0A

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B45E4E

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

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