#B25438#B25438

#B25438 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.130 H 37.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B25438
RGB	rgb(178, 84, 56)
HSL	hsl(14, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(14, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.8%, 68.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.10, 36.16, 34.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.10, 49.69, 43.30°)
OKLab	oklab(55.76% 0.1032 0.0786)
OKLCH	oklch(55.76% 0.13 37.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.2463, 16.0939, 5.6755)
Luminance	0.1609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B25438 #3896B2

analogous

#B23859 #B25438 #B29138

triadic

#B25438 #38B254 #5438B2

tetradic

#B25438 #59B238 #3896B2 #9138B2

square

#B25438 #59B238 #3896B2 #9138B2

split-complementary

#B25438 #38B291 #3859B2

monochromatic

#55281B #833E29 #B25438 #CC755C #DA9D8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#B25438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#B25438 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B25438

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B25438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B25438	1.00	4.98	4.22	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D6335

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847836

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3414E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b25438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 84, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.130 37.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf866f',
    500: '#b25438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b25438;
$custom-light: #cf866f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b25438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.77,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55759,
    "c": 0.1297,
    "h": 37.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B25438

secondary

#81B5C5

accent

#BBDC4C

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBEFEC

border

#D4CAC7

text

#150B07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B25438

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

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