#B45E53#B45E53

#B45E53 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.114 H 28.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B45E53
RGB	rgb(180, 94, 83)
HSL	hsl(7, 39%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(7, 54%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.8%, 53.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.90, 33.67, 22.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.90, 40.27, 33.27°)
OKLab	oklab(58.09% 0.0997 0.0544)
OKLCH	oklch(58.09% 0.114 28.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.3882, 18.3358, 10.4367)
Luminance	0.1833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B45E53 #53A9B4

analogous

#B45379 #B45E53 #B48F53

triadic

#B45E53 #53B45E #5E53B4

tetradic

#B45E53 #79B453 #53A9B4 #8F53B4

square

#B45E53 #79B453 #53A9B4 #8F53B4

split-complementary

#B45E53 #53B48F #5379B4

monochromatic

#62312B #8D463D #B45E53 #C7867E #D9AEA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.50

#B45E53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.67

#B45E53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B45E53

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B45E53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B45E53	1.00	4.50	4.67	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726C52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887E51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4505C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b45e53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 94, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.114 28.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8d83',
    500: '#b45e53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b45e53;
$custom-light: #cf8d83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b45e53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.804,
    "s": 39.271,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58091,
    "c": 0.11357,
    "h": 28.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B45E53

secondary

#9CC2C7

accent

#C2CF59

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FAF0EF

border

#D3CBCA

text

#140C0A

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B45E53

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

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