#B48481#B48481

#B48481 is a light, muted red. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.060 H 22.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B48481
RGB	rgb(180, 132, 129)
HSL	hsl(4, 25%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(4, 28%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.7%, 28.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.70, 18.01, 8.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.70, 20.08, 26.25°)
OKLab	oklab(65.94% 0.055 0.0232)
OKLCH	oklch(65.94% 0.06 22.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.0368, 27.7925, 24.4943)
Luminance	0.2779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B48481 #81B1B4

analogous

#B48197 #B48481 #B49D81

triadic

#B48481 #81B484 #8481B4

tetradic

#B48481 #97B481 #81B1B4 #9D81B4

square

#B48481 #97B481 #81B1B4 #9D81B4

split-complementary

#B48481 #81B49D #8197B4

monochromatic

#754846 #9B605C #B48481 #CBA9A7 #E2CFCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#B48481 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#B48481 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B48481

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B48481	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B48481	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D8A81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989380

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE7F83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b48481;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 132, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.060 22.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cba8a5',
    500: '#b48481',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b48481;
$custom-light: #cba8a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b48481",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.529,
    "s": 25.373,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65944,
    "c": 0.05972,
    "h": 22.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B48481

secondary

#BFD1D2

accent

#9EA442

background

#FCFAFA

surface

#F9F4F4

border

#D2CECE

text

#130F0F

muted

#827F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #B48481

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

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