#B25552#B25552

#B25552 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.122 H 23.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B25552
RGB	rgb(178, 85, 82)
HSL	hsl(2, 38%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(2, 54%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.2%, 53.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.72, 37.53, 19.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.72, 42.40, 27.74°)
OKLab	oklab(56.37% 0.1117 0.0489)
OKLCH	oklch(56.37% 0.122 23.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.1334, 16.5738, 9.9618)
Luminance	0.1657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B25552 #52AFB2

analogous

#B2527F #B25552 #B28552

triadic

#B25552 #52B255 #5552B2

tetradic

#B25552 #7FB252 #52AFB2 #8552B2

square

#B25552 #7FB252 #52AFB2 #8552B2

split-complementary

#B25552 #52B285 #527FB2

monochromatic

#5F2C2A #8A403D #B25552 #C57F7C #D8A8A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#B25552 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#B25552 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B25552

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B25552	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B25552	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)

#6B6551

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827950

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C24655

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b25552;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 85, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.122 23.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8782',
    500: '#b25552',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b25552;
$custom-light: #cd8782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b25552",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.875,
    "s": 38.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56366,
    "c": 0.12194,
    "h": 23.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B25552

secondary

#9BC4C5

accent

#CBCE59

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0EE

border

#D3CBC9

text

#140B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B25552

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

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