#B5495C#B5495C

#B5495C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.141 H 12.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5495C
RGB	rgb(181, 73, 92)
HSL	hsl(349, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(349, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.7%, 49.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.13, 45.45, 11.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.13, 46.91, 14.33°)
OKLab	oklab(55.33% 0.1375 0.0297)
OKLCH	oklch(55.33% 0.141 12.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.3721, 15.3643, 11.8580)
Luminance	0.1536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5495C #49B5A2

analogous

#B54992 #B5495C #B56C49

triadic

#B5495C #5CB549 #495CB5

tetradic

#B5495C #92B549 #49B5A2 #6C49B5

square

#B5495C #92B549 #49B5A2 #6C49B5

split-complementary

#B5495C #49B56C #4992B5

monochromatic

#5E2630 #893746 #B5495C #C77483 #D9A0AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.16

#B5495C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.07

#B5495C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B5495C

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5495C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B5495C	1.00	5.16	4.07	5.16
#FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#61605C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C755A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C53950

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5495c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 73, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.141 12.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0808a',
    500: '#b5495c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5495c;
$custom-light: #d0808a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5495c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.444,
    "s": 42.52,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55331,
    "c": 0.14068,
    "h": 12.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5495C

secondary

#94C5BD

accent

#D2BC55

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FAEFF0

border

#D3CACB

text

#150B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5495C

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

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