#B05237#B05237

#B05237 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.130 H 36.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B05237
RGB	rgb(176, 82, 55)
HSL	hsl(13, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(13, 69%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.4%, 68.8%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.37, 36.35, 33.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.37, 49.58, 42.84°)
OKLab	oklab(55.14% 0.1038 0.0777)
OKLCH	oklch(55.14% 0.13 36.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.6134, 15.5432, 5.4757)
Luminance	0.1554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B05237 #3795B0

analogous

#B03759 #B05237 #B08E37

triadic

#B05237 #37B052 #5237B0

tetradic

#B05237 #59B037 #3795B0 #8E37B0

square

#B05237 #59B037 #3795B0 #8E37B0

split-complementary

#B05237 #37B08E #3759B0

monochromatic

#53271A #813C28 #B05237 #CB7359 #DA9A88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.11

#B05237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.11

#B05237 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B05237

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B05237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B05237	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)

#6B6134

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827635

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C13F4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b05237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 82, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.130 36.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce856f',
    500: '#b05237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b05237;
$custom-light: #ce856f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b05237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.388,
    "s": 52.381,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55139,
    "c": 0.12964,
    "h": 36.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B05237

secondary

#7FB4C4

accent

#BCDC4C

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAEFEC

border

#D3CAC7

text

#150B07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B05237

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

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