#B55045#B55045

#B55045 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.134 H 28.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B55045
RGB	rgb(181, 80, 69)
HSL	hsl(6, 45%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(6, 62%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.8%, 61.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.97, 40.18, 26.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.97, 48.16, 33.47°)
OKLab	oklab(55.81% 0.1176 0.0635)
OKLCH	oklch(55.81% 0.134 28.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.0009, 15.9936, 7.5049)
Luminance	0.1599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B55045 #45AAB5

analogous

#B54572 #B55045 #B58845

triadic

#B55045 #45B550 #5045B5

tetradic

#B55045 #72B545 #45AAB5 #8845B5

square

#B55045 #72B545 #45AAB5 #8845B5

split-complementary

#B55045 #45B588 #4572B5

monochromatic

#5C2923 #893C34 #B55045 #C8786F #D9A19B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00

#B55045 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#B55045 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B55045

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B55045	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B55045	1.00	5.00	4.20	5.00
#FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696243

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837843

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C63D4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b55045;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 80, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.134 28.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d18479',
    500: '#b55045',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b55045;
$custom-light: #d18479;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b55045",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.893,
    "s": 44.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55813,
    "c": 0.1337,
    "h": 28.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B55045

secondary

#91C0C5

accent

#C8D553

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFED

border

#D4CAC8

text

#150B09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B55045

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

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