#B05542#B05542

#B05542 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.123 H 33.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B05542
RGB	rgb(176, 85, 66)
HSL	hsl(10, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(10, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.7%, 62.5%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.14, 35.50, 28.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.14, 45.44, 38.62°)
OKLab	oklab(55.77% 0.1031 0.0674)
OKLCH	oklch(55.77% 0.123 33.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.1383, 16.1230, 7.0994)
Luminance	0.1612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B05542 #429DB0

analogous

#B04266 #B05542 #B08C42

triadic

#B05542 #42B055 #5542B0

tetradic

#B05542 #66B042 #429DB0 #8C42B0

square

#B05542 #66B042 #429DB0 #8C42B0

split-complementary

#B05542 #42B08C #4266B0

monochromatic

#572A21 #834031 #B05542 #C77969 #D7A195

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#B05542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#B05542 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B05542

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B05542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B05542	1.00	4.97	4.22	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6440

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837740

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C04451

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b05542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 85, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.123 33.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8777',
    500: '#b05542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b05542;
$custom-light: #cd8777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b05542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.364,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55772,
    "c": 0.12319,
    "h": 33.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B05542

secondary

#8BB9C3

accent

#BFD553

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0ED

border

#D3CBC8

text

#140B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B05542

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

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