#B05959#B05959

#B05959 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.114 H 21.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B05959
RGB	rgb(176, 89, 89)
HSL	hsl(0, 36%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(0, 49%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.4%, 49.4%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.38, 35.33, 16.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.38, 38.95, 24.91°)
OKLab	oklab(56.86% 0.1059 0.0413)
OKLCH	oklch(56.86% 0.114 21.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.2816, 17.0986, 11.5235)
Luminance	0.1710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B05959 #59B0B0

analogous

#B05985 #B05959 #B08559

triadic

#B05959 #59B059 #5959B0

tetradic

#B05959 #85B059 #59B0B0 #8559B0

square

#B05959 #85B059 #59B0B0 #8559B0

split-complementary

#B05959 #59B085 #5985B0

monochromatic

#612E2E #8A4242 #B05959 #C48282 #D7ACAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#B05959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#B05959 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B05959

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B05959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B05959	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6858

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827A57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF4D5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b05959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 89, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.114 21.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8a87',
    500: '#b05959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b05959;
$custom-light: #cb8a87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b05959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 35.51,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56857,
    "c": 0.11365,
    "h": 21.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B05959

secondary

#9FC5C5

accent

#CCCC5C

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FAF0EF

border

#D3CBCA

text

#140C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B05959

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

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