#B05261#B05261

#B05261 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.123 H 12.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B05261
RGB	rgb(176, 82, 97)
HSL	hsl(350, 37%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(350, 53%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.4%, 44.9%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.14, 39.77, 9.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.14, 40.97, 13.94°)
OKLab	oklab(55.98% 0.1204 0.0255)
OKLCH	oklch(55.98% 0.123 12)
XYZ	xyz(23.0810, 16.1302, 13.2049)
Luminance	0.1613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B05261 #52B0A1

analogous

#B05290 #B05261 #B07252

triadic

#B05261 #61B052 #5261B0

tetradic

#B05261 #90B052 #52B0A1 #7252B0

square

#B05261 #90B052 #52B0A1 #7252B0

split-complementary

#B05261 #52B072 #5290B0

monochromatic

#5D2B33 #873E49 #B05261 #C37C87 #D6A6AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#B05261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#B05261 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B05261

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B05261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B05261	1.00	4.97	4.23	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#656461

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D775F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE4758

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b05261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 82, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.123 12.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb858d',
    500: '#b05261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b05261;
$custom-light: #cb858d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b05261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.426,
    "s": 37.302,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55978,
    "c": 0.1231,
    "h": 12
  },
  "luminance": 0.16128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B05261

secondary

#9AC4BD

accent

#CDBB5B

background

#FCF8F8

surface

#F9EFF0

border

#D2CACB

text

#140B0C

muted

#827C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B05261

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

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