#B05040#B05040

#B05040 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.129 H 31.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B05040
RGB	rgb(176, 80, 64)
HSL	hsl(9, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(9, 64%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.5%, 63.6%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.10, 37.94, 28.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.10, 47.29, 36.65°)
OKLab	oklab(54.97% 0.1103 0.0669)
OKLCH	oklch(54.97% 0.129 31.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.7005, 15.3402, 6.6677)
Luminance	0.1534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B05040 #40A0B0

analogous

#B04068 #B05040 #B08840

triadic

#B05040 #40B050 #5040B0

tetradic

#B05040 #68B040 #40A0B0 #8840B0

square

#B05040 #68B040 #40A0B0 #8840B0

split-complementary

#B05040 #40B088 #4068B0

monochromatic

#56271F #833C30 #B05040 #C77466 #D89D93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.16

#B05040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.07

#B05040 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B05040

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B05040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B05040	1.00	5.16	4.07	5.16
#FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#69603E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80753E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C03E4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b05040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 80, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.129 31.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8475',
    500: '#b05040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b05040;
$custom-light: #cd8475;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b05040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.571,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54973,
    "c": 0.12902,
    "h": 31.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B05040

secondary

#89BBC3

accent

#C3D651

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAEFED

border

#D3CAC8

text

#150B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B05040

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

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