#B5504E#B5504E

#B5504E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.132 H 23.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5504E
RGB	rgb(181, 80, 78)
HSL	hsl(1, 41%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(1, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.8%, 56.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.12, 40.85, 21.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.12, 46.13, 27.68°)
OKLab	oklab(55.98% 0.1212 0.0525)
OKLCH	oklch(55.98% 0.132 23.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.3018, 16.1139, 9.0895)
Luminance	0.1611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5504E #4EB3B5

analogous

#B54E7F #B5504E #B5834E

triadic

#B5504E #4EB550 #504EB5

tetradic

#B5504E #7FB54E #4EB3B5 #834EB5

square

#B5504E #7FB54E #4EB3B5 #834EB5

split-complementary

#B5504E #4EB583 #4E7FB5

monochromatic

#602928 #8B3C3A #B5504E #C77B79 #D9A5A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#B5504E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#B5504E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B5504E

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5504E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B5504E	1.00	4.97	4.22	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#68634D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82784C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C53F50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5504e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 80, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.132 23.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0847f',
    500: '#b5504e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5504e;
$custom-light: #d0847f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5504e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.165,
    "s": 41.036,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55983,
    "c": 0.13212,
    "h": 23.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5504E

secondary

#99C5C6

accent

#CFD157

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAEFEE

border

#D3CAC9

text

#150B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5504E

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

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