#B45F48#B45F48

#B45F48 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.116 H 36.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B45F48
RGB	rgb(180, 95, 72)
HSL	hsl(13, 43%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(13, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.2%, 60%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.93, 32.24, 28.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.93, 43.04, 41.49°)
OKLab	oklab(58.05% 0.0937 0.0683)
OKLCH	oklch(58.05% 0.116 36.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.0862, 18.3582, 8.4047)
Luminance	0.1836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B45F48 #489DB4

analogous

#B44867 #B45F48 #B49548

triadic

#B45F48 #48B45F #5F48B4

tetradic

#B45F48 #67B448 #489DB4 #9548B4

square

#B45F48 #67B448 #489DB4 #9548B4

split-complementary

#B45F48 #48B495 #4867B4

monochromatic

#5D3125 #884837 #B45F48 #C78472 #D8AB9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.50

#B45F48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.67

#B45F48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B45F48

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B45F48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B45F48	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)

#756C46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897E47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C45059

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b45f48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 95, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.116 36.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8e7b',
    500: '#b45f48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b45f48;
$custom-light: #cf8e7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b45f48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.778,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5805,
    "c": 0.11588,
    "h": 36.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B45F48

secondary

#93BAC5

accent

#B8D355

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0EE

border

#D3CBC9

text

#150C09

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B45F48

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

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