#B25538#B25538

#B25538 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.129 H 37.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B25538
RGB	rgb(178, 85, 56)
HSL	hsl(14, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(14, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.2%, 68.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.30, 35.65, 34.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.30, 49.48, 43.91°)
OKLab	oklab(55.91% 0.1016 0.0791)
OKLCH	oklch(55.91% 0.129 37.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.3245, 16.2502, 5.7016)
Luminance	0.1625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B25538 #3895B2

analogous

#B23858 #B25538 #B29238

triadic

#B25538 #38B255 #5538B2

tetradic

#B25538 #58B238 #3895B2 #9238B2

square

#B25538 #58B238 #3895B2 #9238B2

split-complementary

#B25538 #38B292 #3858B2

monochromatic

#55291B #833F29 #B25538 #CC765C #DA9D8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#B25538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#B25538 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B25538

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B25538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B25538	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)

#6E6435

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857836

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3434E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b25538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 85, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.129 37.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf876f',
    500: '#b25538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b25538;
$custom-light: #cf876f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b25538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.262,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55914,
    "c": 0.12875,
    "h": 37.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B25538

secondary

#81B5C5

accent

#BADC4C

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150B07

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B25538

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

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