#B45F49#B45F49

#B45F49 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.116 H 35.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B45F49
RGB	rgb(180, 95, 73)
HSL	hsl(12, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(12, 59%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.2%, 59.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.94, 32.31, 27.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.94, 42.73, 40.87°)
OKLab	oklab(58.07% 0.094 0.0671)
OKLCH	oklch(58.07% 0.116 35.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.1191, 18.3714, 8.5779)
Luminance	0.1837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B45F49 #499EB4

analogous

#B44969 #B45F49 #B49449

triadic

#B45F49 #49B45F #5F49B4

tetradic

#B45F49 #69B449 #499EB4 #9449B4

square

#B45F49 #69B449 #499EB4 #9449B4

split-complementary

#B45F49 #49B494 #4969B4

monochromatic

#5D3126 #884837 #B45F49 #C78574 #D8AB9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#B45F49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.67

#B45F49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B45F49

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B45F49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B45F49	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)

#756C47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897E48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4505A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b45f49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 95, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.116 35.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8e7c',
    500: '#b45f49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b45f49;
$custom-light: #cf8e7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b45f49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.336,
    "s": 42.292,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58067,
    "c": 0.11552,
    "h": 35.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B45F49

secondary

#94BBC5

accent

#B9D256

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0EE

border

#D3CBC9

text

#150C09

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B45F49

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

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