#B05056#B05056

#B05056 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.125 H 18.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B05056
RGB	rgb(176, 80, 86)
HSL	hsl(356, 38%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(356, 55%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.5%, 51.1%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.50, 39.69, 15.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.50, 42.66, 21.51°)
OKLab	oklab(55.41% 0.1192 0.0393)
OKLCH	oklch(55.41% 0.125 18.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.4545, 15.6419, 10.6390)
Luminance	0.1564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B05056 #50B0AA

analogous

#B05086 #B05056 #B07A50

triadic

#B05056 #56B050 #5056B0

tetradic

#B05056 #86B050 #50B0AA #7A50B0

square

#B05056 #86B050 #50B0AA #7A50B0

split-complementary

#B05056 #50B07A #5086B0

monochromatic

#5C2A2D #863D41 #B05056 #C37A7F #D6A4A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.09

#B05056 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.13

#B05056 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B05056

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B05056	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B05056	1.00	5.09	4.13	5.09
#FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#656256

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7654

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF4253

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b05056;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 80, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.125 18.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8485',
    500: '#b05056',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b05056;
$custom-light: #cc8485;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b05056",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.25,
    "s": 37.795,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5541,
    "c": 0.12549,
    "h": 18.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B05056

secondary

#98C3C1

accent

#CEC75A

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FAEFEF

border

#D3CACA

text

#140B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B05056

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

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