#B05557#B05557

#B05557 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.119 H 20.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B05557
RGB	rgb(176, 85, 87)
HSL	hsl(359, 37%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(359, 52%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.7%, 50.6%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.52, 37.23, 16.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.52, 40.69, 23.81°)
OKLab	oklab(56.19% 0.1116 0.0412)
OKLCH	oklch(56.19% 0.119 20.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.8749, 16.4177, 10.9793)
Luminance	0.1641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B05557 #55B0AE

analogous

#B05584 #B05557 #B08055

triadic

#B05557 #57B055 #5557B0

tetradic

#B05557 #84B055 #55B0AE #8055B0

square

#B05557 #84B055 #55B0AE #8055B0

split-complementary

#B05557 #55B080 #5584B0

monochromatic

#5F2C2D #883F41 #B05557 #C37F80 #D7A9AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#B05557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#B05557 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B05557

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B05557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B05557	1.00	4.90	4.28	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696557

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807855

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF4856

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b05557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 85, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.119 20.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8786',
    500: '#b05557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b05557;
$custom-light: #cc8786;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b05557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.681,
    "s": 36.546,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56186,
    "c": 0.11896,
    "h": 20.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B05557

secondary

#9CC5C4

accent

#CDCA5B

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FAF0EF

border

#D3CBCA

text

#140B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B05557

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

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