#B25550#B25550

#B25550 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.122 H 24.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B25550
RGB	rgb(178, 85, 80)
HSL	hsl(3, 39%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(3, 55%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.2%, 55.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.68, 37.36, 20.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.68, 42.80, 29.20°)
OKLab	oklab(56.32% 0.1109 0.0514)
OKLCH	oklch(56.32% 0.122 24.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.0584, 16.5438, 9.5668)
Luminance	0.1654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B25550 #50ADB2

analogous

#B2507C #B25550 #B28650

triadic

#B25550 #50B255 #5550B2

tetradic

#B25550 #7CB250 #50ADB2 #8650B2

square

#B25550 #7CB250 #50ADB2 #8650B2

split-complementary

#B25550 #50B286 #507CB2

monochromatic

#5E2C29 #89403C #B25550 #C57E7A #D7A8A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#B25550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#B25550 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B25550

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B25550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B25550	1.00	4.87	4.31	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B654F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82794E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C24654

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b25550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 85, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.122 24.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8781',
    500: '#b25550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b25550;
$custom-light: #ce8781;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b25550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.061,
    "s": 38.889,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56324,
    "c": 0.12225,
    "h": 24.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B25550

secondary

#99C2C5

accent

#C9CF59

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0EE

border

#D3CBC9

text

#140B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B25550

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

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