#B25237#B25237

#B25237 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.132 H 36.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#B25237
RGBrgb(178, 82, 55)
HSLhsl(13, 53%, 46%)
HSVhsv(13, 69%, 70%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 53.9%, 69.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LABlab(46.68, 37.13, 34.15)
CIE-LCHlch(46.68, 50.45, 42.61°)
OKLaboklab(55.44% 0.106 0.0786)
OKLCHoklch(55.44% 0.132 36.6)
XYZxyz(22.0690, 15.7781, 5.4970)
Luminance0.1578 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#B25237 #3797B2
analogous
#B23759 #B25237 #B28F37
triadic
#B25237 #37B252 #5237B2
tetradic
#B25237 #59B237 #3797B2 #8F37B2
square
#B25237 #59B237 #3797B2 #8F37B2
split-complementary
#B25237 #37B28F #3759B2
monochromatic
#54271A #833C29 #B25237 #CC735A #DB9B89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.05
#B25237 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15
#B25237 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B25237
5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##B25237#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##B252371.005.054.155.05
#FFFFFF5.051.0021.001.00
#0000004.1521.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.051.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#6C6234
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#837735
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C33F4C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #b25237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 82, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.132 36.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf856f',
    500: '#b25237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #b25237;
$custom-light: #cf856f;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#b25237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.171,
    "s": 52.79,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55439,
    "c": 0.13195,
    "h": 36.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#B25237
secondary
#80B6C5
accent
#BCDC4C
background
#FDF8F6
surface
#FBEFEC
border
#D4CAC7
text
#150B07
muted
#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B25237

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#B25237 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva