#B05559#B05559

#B05559 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.119 H 18.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B05559
RGB	rgb(176, 85, 89)
HSL	hsl(357, 37%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(357, 52%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.7%, 49.4%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.56, 37.42, 15.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.56, 40.42, 22.21°)
OKLab	oklab(56.23% 0.1124 0.0386)
OKLCH	oklch(56.23% 0.119 18.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.9578, 16.4509, 11.4156)
Luminance	0.1645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B05559 #55B0AC

analogous

#B05586 #B05559 #B07E55

triadic

#B05559 #59B055 #5559B0

tetradic

#B05559 #86B055 #55B0AC #7E55B0

square

#B05559 #86B055 #55B0AC #7E55B0

split-complementary

#B05559 #55B07E #5586B0

monochromatic

#5F2C2E #883F43 #B05559 #C37F82 #D7A9AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#B05559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#B05559 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B05559

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B05559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B05559	1.00	4.90	4.29	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696559

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807857

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF4857

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b05559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 85, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.119 18.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8787',
    500: '#b05559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b05559;
$custom-light: #cc8787;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b05559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.363,
    "s": 36.546,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56232,
    "c": 0.11883,
    "h": 18.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B05559

secondary

#9CC5C3

accent

#CDC85B

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FAF0EF

border

#D3CBCA

text

#140B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B05559

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

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