#B25442#B25442

#B25442 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.127 H 32.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B25442
RGB	rgb(178, 84, 66)
HSL	hsl(10, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(10, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.8%, 62.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.24, 36.80, 28.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.24, 46.58, 37.81°)
OKLab	oklab(55.91% 0.1069 0.0678)
OKLCH	oklch(55.91% 0.127 32.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.5157, 16.2017, 7.0947)
Luminance	0.1620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B25442 #42A0B2

analogous

#B24268 #B25442 #B28C42

triadic

#B25442 #42B254 #5442B2

tetradic

#B25442 #68B242 #42A0B2 #8C42B2

square

#B25442 #68B242 #42A0B2 #8C42B2

split-complementary

#B25442 #42B28C #4268B2

monochromatic

#592A21 #853F31 #B25442 #C8796A #D8A196

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#B25442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#B25442 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B25442

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B25442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B25442	1.00	4.95	4.24	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6340

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837840

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C24350

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b25442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 84, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.127 32.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8676',
    500: '#b25442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b25442;
$custom-light: #ce8676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b25442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.643,
    "s": 45.902,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55911,
    "c": 0.12659,
    "h": 32.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B25442

secondary

#8CBBC4

accent

#C0D652

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0ED

border

#D3CBC8

text

#150B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B25442

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

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