#B05255#B05255

#B05255 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.123 H 19.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B05255
RGB	rgb(176, 82, 85)
HSL	hsl(358, 37%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(358, 53%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.4%, 51.7%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.87, 38.59, 16.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.87, 42.07, 23.47°)
OKLab	oklab(55.68% 0.1156 0.042)
OKLCH	oklch(55.68% 0.123 19.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.5632, 15.9231, 10.4778)
Luminance	0.1592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B05255 #52B0AD

analogous

#B05284 #B05255 #B07E52

triadic

#B05255 #55B052 #5255B0

tetradic

#B05255 #84B052 #52B0AD #7E52B0

square

#B05255 #84B052 #52B0AD #7E52B0

split-complementary

#B05255 #52B07E #5284B0

monochromatic

#5D2B2C #873E40 #B05255 #C37C7E #D6A6A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.02

#B05255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.18

#B05255 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B05255

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B05255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B05255	1.00	5.02	4.18	5.02
#FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#676355

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7653

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF4454

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b05255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 82, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.123 19.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8584',
    500: '#b05255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b05255;
$custom-light: #cc8584;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b05255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.085,
    "s": 37.302,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55685,
    "c": 0.12297,
    "h": 19.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B05255

secondary

#9AC4C2

accent

#CDCA5B

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FAEFEF

border

#D3CACA

text

#140B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B05255

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

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