#B04251#B04251

#B04251 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.143 H 15.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B04251
RGB	rgb(176, 66, 81)
HSL	hsl(352, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(352, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.5%, 54%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.83, 45.99, 15.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.83, 48.39, 18.13°)
OKLab	oklab(53.37% 0.1384 0.0378)
OKLCH	oklch(53.37% 0.143 15.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.3397, 13.7233, 9.3081)
Luminance	0.1372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B04251 #42B0A1

analogous

#B04288 #B04251 #B06A42

triadic

#B04251 #51B042 #4251B0

tetradic

#B04251 #88B042 #42B0A1 #6A42B0

square

#B04251 #88B042 #42B0A1 #6A42B0

split-complementary

#B04251 #42B06A #4288B0

monochromatic

#572128 #83313D #B04251 #C76975 #D7959E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.61

#B04251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.74

#B04251 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B04251

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B04251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B04251	1.00	5.61	3.74	5.61
#FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5951

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#78704E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C02F48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b04251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(176, 66, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.143 15.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd7c81',
    500: '#b04251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b04251;
$custom-light: #cd7c81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b04251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 176,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.818,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53368,
    "c": 0.14342,
    "h": 15.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B04251

secondary

#8BC3BB

accent

#D5C353

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEEEE

border

#D3C9C9

text

#140A0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B04251

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

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