#B25233#B25233

#B25233 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.133 H 38.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B25233
RGB	rgb(178, 82, 51)
HSL	hsl(15, 55%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(15, 71%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.9%, 71.3%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.63, 36.92, 36.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.63, 51.78, 44.52°)
OKLab	oklab(55.39% 0.1046 0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(55.39% 0.133 38.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.9770, 15.7413, 5.0124)
Luminance	0.1574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B25233 #3393B2

analogous

#B23353 #B25233 #B29233

triadic

#B25233 #33B252 #5233B2

tetradic

#B25233 #53B233 #3393B2 #9233B2

square

#B25233 #53B233 #3393B2 #9233B2

split-complementary

#B25233 #33B292 #3353B2

monochromatic

#532618 #823C25 #B25233 #CE7254 #DC9984

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.06

#B25233 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#B25233 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B25233

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B25233	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B25233	1.00	5.06	4.15	5.06
#FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6130

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837731

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C33E4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b25233;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 82, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.133 38.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf856c',
    500: '#b25233',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b25233;
$custom-light: #cf856c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b25233",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.646,
    "s": 55.459,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55386,
    "c": 0.13324,
    "h": 38.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B25233

secondary

#7CB3C5

accent

#BADF49

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBEFEB

border

#D4CAC6

text

#150B07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B25233

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

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