#B45E5D#B45E5D

#B45E5D is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.112 H 21.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B45E5D
RGB	rgb(180, 94, 93)
HSL	hsl(1, 37%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(1, 48%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.8%, 48.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.10, 34.60, 16.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.10, 38.32, 25.43°)
OKLab	oklab(58.31% 0.1038 0.0415)
OKLCH	oklch(58.31% 0.112 21.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.8025, 18.5015, 12.6188)
Luminance	0.1850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B45E5D #5DB3B4

analogous

#B45D87 #B45E5D #B4895D

triadic

#B45E5D #5DB45E #5E5DB4

tetradic

#B45E5D #87B45D #5DB3B4 #895DB4

square

#B45E5D #87B45D #5DB3B4 #895DB4

split-complementary

#B45E5D #5DB489 #5D87B4

monochromatic

#673030 #914443 #B45E5D #C78887 #DBB1B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#B45E5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#B45E5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B45E5D

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B45E5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B45E5D	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716C5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867E5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3525E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b45e5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 94, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.112 21.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8d8a',
    500: '#b45e5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b45e5d;
$custom-light: #ce8d8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b45e5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.69,
    "s": 36.709,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58306,
    "c": 0.11176,
    "h": 21.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B45E5D

secondary

#A4C9C9

accent

#CBCD5B

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FAF0F0

border

#D3CBCB

text

#140C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B45E5D

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

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