#B05552#B05552

#B05552 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.120 H 23.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B05552
RGB	rgb(176, 85, 82)
HSL	hsl(2, 37%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(2, 53%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.7%, 53.4%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.42, 36.77, 19.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.42, 41.52, 27.67°)
OKLab	oklab(56.08% 0.1096 0.0478)
OKLCH	oklch(56.08% 0.12 23.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.6777, 16.3388, 9.9405)
Luminance	0.1634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B05552 #52ADB0

analogous

#B0527E #B05552 #B08452

triadic

#B05552 #52B055 #5552B0

tetradic

#B05552 #7EB052 #52ADB0 #8452B0

square

#B05552 #7EB052 #52ADB0 #8452B0

split-complementary

#B05552 #52B084 #527EB0

monochromatic

#5D2C2B #87403E #B05552 #C37E7C #D6A8A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.92

#B05552 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#B05552 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B05552

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B05552	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B05552	1.00	4.92	4.27	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6551

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817850

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF4755

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b05552;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 85, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.120 23.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8782',
    500: '#b05552',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b05552;
$custom-light: #cc8782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b05552",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.915,
    "s": 37.302,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56076,
    "c": 0.11952,
    "h": 23.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B05552

secondary

#9AC2C4

accent

#CACD5B

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0EE

border

#D3CBC9

text

#140B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B05552

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

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