#B05042#B05042

#B05042 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.129 H 30.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B05042
RGB	rgb(176, 80, 66)
HSL	hsl(8, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(8, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.5%, 62.5%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.13, 38.07, 27.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.13, 46.73, 35.44°)
OKLab	oklab(55.01% 0.1111 0.0646)
OKLCH	oklch(55.01% 0.129 30.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.7584, 15.3634, 6.9728)
Luminance	0.1536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B05042 #42A2B0

analogous

#B0426B #B05042 #B08742

triadic

#B05042 #42B050 #5042B0

tetradic

#B05042 #6BB042 #42A2B0 #8742B0

square

#B05042 #6BB042 #42A2B0 #8742B0

split-complementary

#B05042 #42B087 #426BB0

monochromatic

#572821 #833C31 #B05042 #C77569 #D79E95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.16

#B05042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.07

#B05042 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B05042

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B05042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B05042	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)

#686040

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807540

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C03E4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b05042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 80, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.129 30.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8476',
    500: '#b05042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b05042;
$custom-light: #cd8476;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b05042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.636,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55006,
    "c": 0.12851,
    "h": 30.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B05042

secondary

#8BBCC3

accent

#C5D553

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAEFED

border

#D3CAC8

text

#150B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B05042

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

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