#B55048#B55048

#B55048 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.133 H 26.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B55048
RGB	rgb(181, 80, 72)
HSL	hsl(4, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(4, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.8%, 60.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.02, 40.39, 24.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.02, 47.43, 31.61°)
OKLab	oklab(55.87% 0.1188 0.06)
OKLCH	oklch(55.87% 0.133 26.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.0964, 16.0318, 8.0078)
Luminance	0.1603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B55048 #48ADB5

analogous

#B54876 #B55048 #B58748

triadic

#B55048 #48B550 #5048B5

tetradic

#B55048 #76B548 #48ADB5 #8748B5

square

#B55048 #76B548 #48ADB5 #8748B5

split-complementary

#B55048 #48B587 #4876B5

monochromatic

#5D2925 #893D37 #B55048 #C77973 #D9A39F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.99

#B55048 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#B55048 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B55048

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B55048	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B55048	1.00	4.99	4.21	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696247

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827846

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C63E4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b55048;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 80, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.133 26.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1847b',
    500: '#b55048',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b55048;
$custom-light: #d1847b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b55048",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.404,
    "s": 43.083,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55867,
    "c": 0.1331,
    "h": 26.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B55048

secondary

#93C2C5

accent

#CAD355

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFED

border

#D4CAC8

text

#150B09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B55048

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

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