#B05562#B05562

#B05562 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.119 H 12.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B05562
RGB	rgb(176, 85, 98)
HSL	hsl(351, 37%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(351, 52%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.7%, 44.3%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.77, 38.33, 10.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.77, 39.65, 14.82°)
OKLab	oklab(56.46% 0.116 0.0262)
OKLCH	oklch(56.46% 0.119 12.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.3591, 16.6114, 13.5290)
Luminance	0.1661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B05562 #55B0A3

analogous

#B0558F #B05562 #B07555

triadic

#B05562 #62B055 #5562B0

tetradic

#B05562 #8FB055 #55B0A3 #7555B0

square

#B05562 #8FB055 #55B0A3 #7555B0

split-complementary

#B05562 #55B075 #558FB0

monochromatic

#5F2C33 #883F4A #B05562 #C37F89 #D7A9AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#B05562 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#B05562 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B05562

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B05562	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B05562	1.00	4.86	4.32	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#676662

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7860

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE4A5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b05562;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 85, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.119 12.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb878e',
    500: '#b05562',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b05562;
$custom-light: #cb878e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b05562",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.429,
    "s": 36.546,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56456,
    "c": 0.11895,
    "h": 12.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B05562

secondary

#9CC5BF

accent

#CDBC5B

background

#FCF8F8

surface

#F9F0F0

border

#D2CBCB

text

#140B0C

muted

#827C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B05562

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

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