#B25342#B25342

#B25342 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.128 H 31.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B25342
RGB	rgb(178, 83, 66)
HSL	hsl(9, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(9, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.4%, 62.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.04, 37.31, 28.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.04, 46.83, 37.18°)
OKLab	oklab(55.76% 0.1085 0.0672)
OKLCH	oklch(55.76% 0.128 31.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.4387, 16.0475, 7.0690)
Luminance	0.1605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B25342 #42A1B2

analogous

#B24269 #B25342 #B28B42

triadic

#B25342 #42B253 #5342B2

tetradic

#B25342 #69B242 #42A1B2 #8B42B2

square

#B25342 #69B242 #42A1B2 #8B42B2

split-complementary

#B25342 #42B28B #4269B2

monochromatic

#592921 #853E31 #B25342 #C8786A #D8A096

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.99

#B25342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#B25342 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B25342

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B25342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B25342	1.00	4.99	4.21	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6340

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837740

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2414F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b25342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 83, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.128 31.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8676',
    500: '#b25342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b25342;
$custom-light: #ce8676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b25342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.107,
    "s": 45.902,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55758,
    "c": 0.12766,
    "h": 31.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B25342

secondary

#8CBBC4

accent

#C2D652

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAEFED

border

#D3CAC8

text

#150B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B25342

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

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