#B05951#B05951

#B05951 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.115 H 26.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B05951
RGB	rgb(176, 89, 81)
HSL	hsl(5, 38%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(5, 54%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.4%, 54%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.22, 34.59, 20.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.22, 40.44, 31.20°)
OKLab	oklab(56.68% 0.1026 0.0517)
OKLCH	oklch(56.68% 0.115 26.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.9638, 16.9714, 9.8495)
Luminance	0.1697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B05951 #51A8B0

analogous

#B05178 #B05951 #B08951

triadic

#B05951 #51B059 #5951B0

tetradic

#B05951 #78B051 #51A8B0 #8951B0

square

#B05951 #78B051 #51A8B0 #8951B0

split-complementary

#B05951 #51B089 #5178B0

monochromatic

#5D2E2A #87433D #B05951 #C3817B #D6A9A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#B05951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#B05951 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B05951

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B05951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B05951	1.00	4.78	4.39	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6750

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83794F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF4B57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b05951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 89, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.115 26.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc8a82',
    500: '#b05951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b05951;
$custom-light: #cc8a82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b05951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.053,
    "s": 37.549,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56683,
    "c": 0.11489,
    "h": 26.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B05951

secondary

#99C0C4

accent

#C4CE5A

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0EE

border

#D3CBC9

text

#140C0A

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B05951

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

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