#B25545#B25545

#B25545 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.125 H 31.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B25545
RGB	rgb(178, 85, 69)
HSL	hsl(9, 44%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(9, 61%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.2%, 61.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.49, 36.49, 27.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.49, 45.47, 36.62°)
OKLab	oklab(56.12% 0.1065 0.0649)
OKLCH	oklch(56.12% 0.125 31.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.6847, 16.3943, 7.5989)
Luminance	0.1639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B25545 #45A2B2

analogous

#B2456B #B25545 #B28B45

triadic

#B25545 #45B255 #5545B2

tetradic

#B25545 #6BB245 #45A2B2 #8B45B2

square

#B25545 #6BB245 #45A2B2 #8B45B2

split-complementary

#B25545 #45B28B #456BB2

monochromatic

#5A2B23 #864034 #B25545 #C77B6E #D8A39A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#B25545 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#B25545 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B25545

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B25545	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B25545	1.00	4.91	4.28	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6443

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837843

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C24451

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b25545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 85, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.125 31.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8779',
    500: '#b25545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b25545;
$custom-light: #ce8779;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b25545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.807,
    "s": 44.13,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56116,
    "c": 0.12471,
    "h": 31.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B25545

secondary

#8FBCC4

accent

#C1D454

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0ED

border

#D3CBC8

text

#150B09

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B25545

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

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