#B45F45#B45F45

#B45F45 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.117 H 37.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B45F45
RGB	rgb(180, 95, 69)
HSL	hsl(14, 45%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(14, 62%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.2%, 61.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.88, 32.01, 30.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.88, 43.99, 43.30°)
OKLab	oklab(58% 0.0925 0.0717)
OKLCH	oklch(58% 0.117 37.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.9907, 18.3200, 7.9018)
Luminance	0.1832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B45F45 #459AB4

analogous

#B44563 #B45F45 #B49745

triadic

#B45F45 #45B45F #5F45B4

tetradic

#B45F45 #63B445 #459AB4 #9745B4

square

#B45F45 #63B445 #459AB4 #9745B4

split-complementary

#B45F45 #45B497 #4563B4

monochromatic

#5C3023 #884834 #B45F45 #C8836F #D9A99B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.50

#B45F45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#B45F45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B45F45

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B45F45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B45F45	1.00	4.50	4.66	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756B43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7E44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C45059

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b45f45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 95, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.117 37.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8e79',
    500: '#b45f45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b45f45;
$custom-light: #cf8e79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b45f45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.054,
    "s": 44.578,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58001,
    "c": 0.11699,
    "h": 37.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B45F45

secondary

#90B8C5

accent

#B6D454

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0ED

border

#D3CBC8

text

#150C09

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B45F45

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

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