#B25440#B25440

#B25440 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.127 H 33.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B25440
RGB	rgb(178, 84, 64)
HSL	hsl(11, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(11, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.8%, 64%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.21, 36.66, 29.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.21, 47.16, 38.98°)
OKLab	oklab(55.88% 0.1062 0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(55.88% 0.127 33.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.4578, 16.1785, 6.7896)
Luminance	0.1618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B25440 #409EB2

analogous

#B24065 #B25440 #B28D40

triadic

#B25440 #40B254 #5440B2

tetradic

#B25440 #65B240 #409EB2 #8D40B2

square

#B25440 #65B240 #409EB2 #8D40B2

split-complementary

#B25440 #40B28D #4065B2

monochromatic

#582A20 #853F30 #B25440 #C87867 #D8A094

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#B25440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#B25440 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B25440

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B25440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B25440	1.00	4.96	4.24	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C633E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83783E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3424F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b25440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 84, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.127 33.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf8675',
    500: '#b25440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b25440;
$custom-light: #cf8675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b25440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.526,
    "s": 47.107,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55878,
    "c": 0.12718,
    "h": 33.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B25440

secondary

#8ABAC4

accent

#BFD751

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0ED

border

#D3CBC8

text

#150B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B25440

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

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