#B0253E#B0253E

#B0253E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.174 H 16.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B0253E
RGB	rgb(176, 37, 62)
HSL	hsl(349, 65%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(349, 79%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79%, 64.8%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.42, 55.71, 21.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.42, 59.54, 20.66°)
OKLab	oklab(49.96% 0.1661 0.0504)
OKLCH	oklch(49.96% 0.174 16.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.4377, 10.9040, 5.6377)
Luminance	0.1090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B0253E #25B097

analogous

#B02583 #B0253E #B05225

triadic

#B0253E #3EB025 #253EB0

tetradic

#B0253E #83B025 #25B097 #5225B0

square

#B0253E #83B025 #25B097 #5225B0

split-complementary

#B0253E #25B052 #2583B0

monochromatic

#4B101A #7D1A2C #B0253E #D63C58 #E16F83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.60

#B0253E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.18

#B0253E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B0253E

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B0253E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B0253E	1.00	6.60	3.18	6.60
#FFFFFF	6.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4A3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71673A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C10030

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b0253e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 37, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.174 16.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf6d73',
    500: '#b0253e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b0253e;
$custom-light: #cf6d73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b0253e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.209,
    "s": 65.258,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49955,
    "c": 0.1736,
    "h": 16.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.10901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B0253E

secondary

#6AC7B6

accent

#E8CA40

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEC

border

#D4C8C7

text

#150808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B0253E

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

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