#B05038#B05038

#B05038 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.131 H 35.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B05038
RGB	rgb(176, 80, 56)
HSL	hsl(12, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(12, 68%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.5%, 68.2%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.98, 37.43, 32.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.98, 49.70, 41.13°)
OKLab	oklab(54.85% 0.1073 0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(54.85% 0.131 35.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.4890, 15.2556, 5.5536)
Luminance	0.1525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B05038 #3898B0

analogous

#B0385C #B05038 #B08C38

triadic

#B05038 #38B050 #5038B0

tetradic

#B05038 #5CB038 #3898B0 #8C38B0

square

#B05038 #5CB038 #3898B0 #8C38B0

split-complementary

#B05038 #38B08C #385CB0

monochromatic

#53261A #823B29 #B05038 #CB715B #D99989

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.18

#B05038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.05

#B05038 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B05038

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B05038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B05038	1.00	5.18	4.05	5.18
#FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696035

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817536

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C13D4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b05038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 80, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.131 35.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce846f',
    500: '#b05038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b05038;
$custom-light: #ce846f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b05038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54849,
    "c": 0.13129,
    "h": 35.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B05038

secondary

#80B6C4

accent

#BFDB4D

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAEFEC

border

#D3CAC7

text

#150B07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B05038

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

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