#B25537#B25537

#B25537 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.129 H 38.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B25537
RGB	rgb(178, 85, 55)
HSL	hsl(15, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(15, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.2%, 69.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.29, 35.59, 34.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.29, 49.82, 44.40°)
OKLab	oklab(55.9% 0.1012 0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(55.9% 0.129 38.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.3002, 16.2405, 5.5741)
Luminance	0.1624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B25537 #3794B2

analogous

#B23756 #B25537 #B29237

triadic

#B25537 #37B255 #5537B2

tetradic

#B25537 #56B237 #3794B2 #9237B2

square

#B25537 #56B237 #3794B2 #9237B2

split-complementary

#B25537 #37B292 #3756B2

monochromatic

#54281A #833F29 #B25537 #CC765A #DB9D89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#B25537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#B25537 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B25537

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B25537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B25537	1.00	4.94	4.25	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6434

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857835

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3424E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b25537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 85, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.129 38.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf876f',
    500: '#b25537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b25537;
$custom-light: #cf876f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b25537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.634,
    "s": 52.79,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.559,
    "c": 0.12909,
    "h": 38.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B25537

secondary

#80B4C5

accent

#B9DC4C

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150B07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B25537

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

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