#B05050#B05050

#B05050 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.126 H 22.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B05050
RGB	rgb(176, 80, 80)
HSL	hsl(0, 38%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(0, 55%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.5%, 54.5%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.38, 39.16, 19.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.38, 43.57, 25.99°)
OKLab	oklab(55.28% 0.1167 0.0473)
OKLCH	oklch(55.28% 0.126 22)
XYZ	xyz(22.2229, 15.5492, 9.4189)
Luminance	0.1555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B05050 #50B0B0

analogous

#B05080 #B05050 #B08050

triadic

#B05050 #50B050 #5050B0

tetradic

#B05050 #80B050 #50B0B0 #8050B0

square

#B05050 #80B050 #50B0B0 #8050B0

split-complementary

#B05050 #50B080 #5080B0

monochromatic

#5C2A2A #863D3D #B05050 #C37A7A #D6A4A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.11

#B05050 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.11

#B05050 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B05050

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B05050	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B05050	1.00	5.11	4.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#66614F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E754E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C04151

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b05050;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 80, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.126 22.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8481',
    500: '#b05050',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b05050;
$custom-light: #cc8481;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b05050",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 37.795,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55276,
    "c": 0.12594,
    "h": 22
  },
  "luminance": 0.15547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B05050

secondary

#98C3C3

accent

#CECE5A

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAEFEE

border

#D3CAC9

text

#140B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B05050

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

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