#B25249#B25249

#B25249 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.127 H 27.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B25249
RGB	rgb(178, 82, 73)
HSL	hsl(5, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(5, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.9%, 59%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.95, 38.33, 24.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.95, 45.27, 32.14°)
OKLab	oklab(55.73% 0.1129 0.0584)
OKLCH	oklch(55.73% 0.127 27.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.5819, 15.9833, 8.1979)
Luminance	0.1598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B25249 #49A9B2

analogous

#B24975 #B25249 #B28749

triadic

#B25249 #49B252 #5249B2

tetradic

#B25249 #75B249 #49A9B2 #8749B2

square

#B25249 #75B249 #49A9B2 #8749B2

split-complementary

#B25249 #49B287 #4975B2

monochromatic

#5B2A25 #873E37 #B25249 #C57A73 #D7A39E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00

#B25249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#B25249 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B25249

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B25249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B25249	1.00	5.00	4.20	5.00
#FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6348

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817747

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C24150

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b25249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 82, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.127 27.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce857c',
    500: '#b25249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b25249;
$custom-light: #ce857c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b25249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.143,
    "s": 41.833,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55731,
    "c": 0.12707,
    "h": 27.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B25249

secondary

#93C0C4

accent

#C7D256

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAEFEE

border

#D3CAC9

text

#150B09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B25249

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

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