#B0253D#B0253D

#B0253D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.174 H 17.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B0253D
RGB	rgb(176, 37, 61)
HSL	hsl(350, 65%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(350, 79%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79%, 65.3%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.40, 55.65, 21.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.40, 59.70, 21.22°)
OKLab	oklab(49.94% 0.1657 0.0516)
OKLCH	oklch(49.94% 0.174 17.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.4105, 10.8931, 5.4945)
Luminance	0.1089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B0253D #25B098

analogous

#B02583 #B0253D #B05225

triadic

#B0253D #3DB025 #253DB0

tetradic

#B0253D #83B025 #25B098 #5225B0

square

#B0253D #83B025 #25B098 #5225B0

split-complementary

#B0253D #25B052 #2583B0

monochromatic

#4B101A #7D1A2B #B0253D #D63C57 #E16F82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.61

#B0253D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.18

#B0253D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B0253D

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B0253D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B0253D	1.00	6.61	3.18	6.61
#FFFFFF	6.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4A3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#716739

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C10030

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b0253d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 37, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.174 17.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf6d72',
    500: '#b0253d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b0253d;
$custom-light: #cf6d72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b0253d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.64,
    "s": 65.258,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49936,
    "c": 0.17359,
    "h": 17.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B0253D

secondary

#6AC7B7

accent

#E8CB40

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEC

border

#D4C8C7

text

#150807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B0253D

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

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