#B25151#B25151

#B25151 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.127 H 22.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B25151
RGB	rgb(178, 81, 81)
HSL	hsl(0, 39%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(0, 54%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.5%, 54.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.90, 39.48, 19.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.90, 43.93, 25.99°)
OKLab	oklab(55.74% 0.1177 0.0477)
OKLCH	oklch(55.74% 0.127 22)
XYZ	xyz(22.7895, 15.9466, 9.6609)
Luminance	0.1594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B25151 #51B2B2

analogous

#B25181 #B25151 #B28151

triadic

#B25151 #51B251 #5151B2

tetradic

#B25151 #81B251 #51B2B2 #8151B2

square

#B25151 #81B251 #51B2B2 #8151B2

split-complementary

#B25151 #51B281 #5181B2

monochromatic

#5F2A2A #893D3D #B25151 #C57B7B #D8A6A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.01

#B25151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.19

#B25151 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B25151

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B25151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B25151	1.00	5.01	4.19	5.01
#FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686350

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80774F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C24252

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b25151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 81, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.127 22.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8581',
    500: '#b25151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b25151;
$custom-light: #ce8581;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b25151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 38.645,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55743,
    "c": 0.12698,
    "h": 22
  },
  "luminance": 0.15944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B25151

secondary

#9AC5C5

accent

#CFCF59

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAEFEE

border

#D3CAC9

text

#140B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B25151

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

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