#B05155#B05155

#B05155 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.124 H 19.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B05155
RGB	rgb(176, 81, 85)
HSL	hsl(357, 38%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(357, 54%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54%, 51.7%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.68, 39.10, 16.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.68, 42.43, 22.86°)
OKLab	oklab(55.54% 0.1172 0.0413)
OKLCH	oklch(55.54% 0.124 19.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.4883, 15.7734, 10.4529)
Luminance	0.1577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B05155 #51B0AC

analogous

#B05184 #B05155 #B07D51

triadic

#B05155 #55B051 #5155B0

tetradic

#B05155 #84B051 #51B0AC #7D51B0

square

#B05155 #84B051 #51B0AC #7D51B0

split-complementary

#B05155 #51B07D #5184B0

monochromatic

#5D2A2C #873D40 #B05155 #C37B7E #D6A5A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.06

#B05155 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#B05155 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B05155

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B05155	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B05155	1.00	5.06	4.15	5.06
#FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#666255

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7653

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF4353

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b05155;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 81, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.124 19.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8584',
    500: '#b05155',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b05155;
$custom-light: #cc8584;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b05155",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.474,
    "s": 37.549,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55535,
    "c": 0.12425,
    "h": 19.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B05155

secondary

#99C4C2

accent

#CEC95A

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FAEFEF

border

#D3CACA

text

#140B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B05155

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

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