#B25540#B25540

#B25540 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.126 H 34.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B25540
RGB	rgb(178, 85, 64)
HSL	hsl(11, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(11, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.2%, 64%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.41, 36.15, 29.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.41, 46.92, 39.61°)
OKLab	oklab(56.03% 0.1046 0.0706)
OKLCH	oklch(56.03% 0.126 34)
XYZ	xyz(22.5360, 16.3348, 6.8157)
Luminance	0.1633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B25540 #409DB2

analogous

#B24064 #B25540 #B28E40

triadic

#B25540 #40B255 #5540B2

tetradic

#B25540 #64B240 #409DB2 #8E40B2

square

#B25540 #64B240 #409DB2 #8E40B2

split-complementary

#B25540 #40B28E #4064B2

monochromatic

#582A20 #854030 #B25540 #C87967 #D8A194

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.92

#B25540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#B25540 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B25540

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B25540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B25540	1.00	4.92	4.27	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D643E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84783E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C34450

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b25540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 85, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.126 34.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8775',
    500: '#b25540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b25540;
$custom-light: #ce8775;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b25540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.053,
    "s": 47.107,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56032,
    "c": 0.12615,
    "h": 34
  },
  "luminance": 0.16332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B25540

secondary

#8AB9C4

accent

#BED751

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0ED

border

#D3CBC8

text

#150B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B25540

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

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