#B45F56#B45F56

#B45F56 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.112 H 27.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B45F56
RGB	rgb(180, 95, 86)
HSL	hsl(6, 39%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(6, 52%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.2%, 52.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.17, 33.40, 20.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.17, 39.29, 31.77°)
OKLab	oklab(58.32% 0.0993 0.0512)
OKLCH	oklch(58.32% 0.112 27.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.5960, 18.5621, 11.0898)
Luminance	0.1856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B45F56 #56ABB4

analogous

#B4567C #B45F56 #B48E56

triadic

#B45F56 #56B45F #5F56B4

tetradic

#B45F56 #7CB456 #56ABB4 #8E56B4

square

#B45F56 #7CB456 #56ABB4 #8E56B4

split-complementary

#B45F56 #56B48E #567CB4

monochromatic

#63312C #8E473F #B45F56 #C78780 #DAAFAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#B45F56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#B45F56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B45F56

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B45F56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B45F56	1.00	4.46	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736D55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887E54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3525D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b45f56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 95, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.112 27.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8e85',
    500: '#b45f56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b45f56;
$custom-light: #ce8e85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b45f56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.745,
    "s": 38.525,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58315,
    "c": 0.11172,
    "h": 27.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B45F56

secondary

#9EC3C7

accent

#C3CE59

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FAF0EF

border

#D3CBCA

text

#140C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B45F56

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

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