#B05259#B05259

#B05259 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.123 H 17.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B05259
RGB	rgb(176, 82, 89)
HSL	hsl(356, 37%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(356, 53%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.4%, 49.4%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.96, 38.96, 14.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.96, 41.56, 20.36°)
OKLab	oklab(55.78% 0.1172 0.0366)
OKLCH	oklch(55.78% 0.123 17.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.7266, 15.9885, 11.3385)
Luminance	0.1599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B05259 #52B0A9

analogous

#B05288 #B05259 #B07A52

triadic

#B05259 #59B052 #5259B0

tetradic

#B05259 #88B052 #52B0A9 #7A52B0

square

#B05259 #88B052 #52B0A9 #7A52B0

split-complementary

#B05259 #52B07A #5288B0

monochromatic

#5D2B2E #873E43 #B05259 #C37C81 #D6A6AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00

#B05259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#B05259 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B05259

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B05259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B05259	1.00	5.00	4.20	5.00
#FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#676359

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7757

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF4555

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b05259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 82, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.123 17.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8587',
    500: '#b05259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b05259;
$custom-light: #cc8587;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b05259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.532,
    "s": 37.302,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55778,
    "c": 0.12278,
    "h": 17.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B05259

secondary

#9AC4C1

accent

#CDC55B

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FAEFEF

border

#D3CACA

text

#140B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B05259

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

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