#B45E55#B45E55

#B45E55 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.113 H 27.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B45E55
RGB	rgb(180, 94, 85)
HSL	hsl(6, 39%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(6, 53%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.8%, 52.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.94, 33.85, 20.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.94, 39.81, 31.78°)
OKLab	oklab(58.13% 0.1005 0.0519)
OKLCH	oklch(58.13% 0.113 27.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.4665, 18.3671, 10.8493)
Luminance	0.1837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B45E55 #55ABB4

analogous

#B4557C #B45E55 #B48E55

triadic

#B45E55 #55B45E #5E55B4

tetradic

#B45E55 #7CB455 #55ABB4 #8E55B4

square

#B45E55 #7CB455 #55ABB4 #8E55B4

split-complementary

#B45E55 #55B48E #557CB4

monochromatic

#63312C #8D463E #B45E55 #C7867F #D9AEAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#B45E55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.67

#B45E55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B45E55

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B45E55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B45E55	1.00	4.49	4.67	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.49	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)

#726C54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877E53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3515C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b45e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 94, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.113 27.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8d85',
    500: '#b45e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b45e55;
$custom-light: #ce8d85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b45e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.684,
    "s": 38.776,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58131,
    "c": 0.1131,
    "h": 27.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B45E55

secondary

#9EC3C7

accent

#C4CF59

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FAF0EF

border

#D3CBCA

text

#140C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B45E55

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

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