#B05656#B05656

#B05656 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.118 H 21.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B05656
RGB	rgb(176, 86, 86)
HSL	hsl(0, 36%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(0, 51%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.1%, 51.1%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.70, 36.61, 17.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.70, 40.48, 25.25°)
OKLab	oklab(56.32% 0.1096 0.0432)
OKLCH	oklch(56.32% 0.118 21.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.9136, 16.5601, 10.7920)
Luminance	0.1656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B05656 #56B0B0

analogous

#B05683 #B05656 #B08356

triadic

#B05656 #56B056 #5656B0

tetradic

#B05656 #83B056 #56B0B0 #8356B0

square

#B05656 #83B056 #56B0B0 #8356B0

split-complementary

#B05656 #56B083 #5683B0

monochromatic

#5F2C2C #894040 #B05656 #C38080 #D7A9A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#B05656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#B05656 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B05656

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B05656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B05656	1.00	4.87	4.31	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6655

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817854

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF4957

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b05656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 86, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.118 21.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8885',
    500: '#b05656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b05656;
$custom-light: #cc8885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b05656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 36.29,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56318,
    "c": 0.11778,
    "h": 21.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B05656

secondary

#9DC5C5

accent

#CCCC5C

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FAF0EF

border

#D3CBCA

text

#140B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B05656

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

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