#B55055#B55055

#B55055 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.131 H 19.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B55055
RGB	rgb(181, 80, 85)
HSL	hsl(357, 41%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(357, 56%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.8%, 53%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.26, 41.44, 17.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.26, 44.94, 22.79°)
OKLab	oklab(56.13% 0.1241 0.0435)
OKLCH	oklch(56.13% 0.131 19.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.5663, 16.2197, 10.4823)
Luminance	0.1622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B55055 #50B5B0

analogous

#B55087 #B55055 #B57D50

triadic

#B55055 #55B550 #5055B5

tetradic

#B55055 #87B550 #50B5B0 #7D50B5

square

#B55055 #87B550 #50B5B0 #7D50B5

split-complementary

#B55055 #50B57D #5087B5

monochromatic

#61292C #8C3B3F #B55055 #C77B7F #D9A6A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#B55055 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#B55055 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B55055

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B55055	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B55055	1.00	4.95	4.24	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#676355

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817853

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C54052

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b55055;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 80, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.131 19.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d08484',
    500: '#b55055',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b55055;
$custom-light: #d08484;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b55055",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.03,
    "s": 40.562,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56132,
    "c": 0.13146,
    "h": 19.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B55055

secondary

#9AC7C5

accent

#D0CA57

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FAEFEF

border

#D3CACA

text

#150B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B55055

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

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