#B25261#B25261

#B25261 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.125 H 12.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B25261
RGB	rgb(178, 82, 97)
HSL	hsl(351, 38%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(351, 54%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.9%, 45.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.45, 40.49, 10.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.45, 41.79, 14.33°)
OKLab	oklab(56.27% 0.1226 0.0267)
OKLCH	oklch(56.27% 0.125 12.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.5366, 16.3652, 13.2262)
Luminance	0.1636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B25261 #52B2A3

analogous

#B25291 #B25261 #B27352

triadic

#B25261 #61B252 #5261B2

tetradic

#B25261 #91B252 #52B2A3 #7352B2

square

#B25261 #91B252 #52B2A3 #7352B2

split-complementary

#B25261 #52B273 #5291B2

monochromatic

#5F2A33 #8A3D49 #B25261 #C57C88 #D8A7AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.92

#B25261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#B25261 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B25261

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B25261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B25261	1.00	4.92	4.27	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#666561

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E785F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C14658

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b25261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 82, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.125 12.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd868d',
    500: '#b25261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b25261;
$custom-light: #cd868d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b25261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.625,
    "s": 38.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56269,
    "c": 0.12544,
    "h": 12.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B25261

secondary

#9BC5BF

accent

#CEBC59

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FAEFF0

border

#D3CACB

text

#140B0C

muted

#837C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B25261

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

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