#B25243#B25243

#B25243 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.128 H 30.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B25243
RGB	rgb(178, 82, 67)
HSL	hsl(8, 45%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(8, 62%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.9%, 62.4%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.85, 37.89, 27.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.85, 46.81, 35.96°)
OKLab	oklab(55.62% 0.1105 0.0655)
OKLCH	oklch(55.62% 0.128 30.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.3925, 15.9075, 7.2004)
Luminance	0.1590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B25243 #43A3B2

analogous

#B2436B #B25243 #B28943

triadic

#B25243 #43B252 #5243B2

tetradic

#B25243 #6BB243 #43A3B2 #8943B2

square

#B25243 #6BB243 #43A3B2 #8943B2

split-complementary

#B25243 #43B289 #436BB2

monochromatic

#592922 #863E32 #B25243 #C7776B #D8A097

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.02

#B25243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.18

#B25243 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B25243

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B25243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B25243	1.00	5.02	4.18	5.02
#FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6241

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827741

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2404F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b25243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 82, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.128 30.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8577',
    500: '#b25243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b25243;
$custom-light: #ce8577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b25243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.108,
    "s": 45.306,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55623,
    "c": 0.12845,
    "h": 30.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B25243

secondary

#8DBCC4

accent

#C3D553

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAEFED

border

#D3CAC8

text

#150B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B25243

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

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