#B25554#B25554

#B25554 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.122 H 22.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B25554
RGB	rgb(178, 85, 84)
HSL	hsl(1, 38%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(1, 53%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.2%, 52.8%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.76, 37.71, 18.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.76, 42.04, 26.25°)
OKLab	oklab(56.41% 0.1126 0.0463)
OKLCH	oklch(56.41% 0.122 22.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.2106, 16.6047, 10.3685)
Luminance	0.1660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B25554 #54B1B2

analogous

#B25482 #B25554 #B28454

triadic

#B25554 #54B255 #5554B2

tetradic

#B25554 #82B254 #54B1B2 #8454B2

square

#B25554 #82B254 #54B1B2 #8454B2

split-complementary

#B25554 #54B284 #5482B2

monochromatic

#602C2B #8A3F3E #B25554 #C57F7E #D8A9A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#B25554 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#B25554 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B25554

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B25554	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B25554	1.00	4.86	4.32	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6553

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827952

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C14755

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b25554;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 85, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.122 22.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8784',
    500: '#b25554',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b25554;
$custom-light: #cd8784;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b25554",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.638,
    "s": 37.903,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56409,
    "c": 0.12169,
    "h": 22.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B25554

secondary

#9CC5C6

accent

#CDCE5A

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FAF0EF

border

#D3CBCA

text

#140B0A

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B25554

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

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