#B25555#B25555

#B25555 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.122 H 21.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B25555
RGB	rgb(178, 85, 85)
HSL	hsl(0, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(0, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.2%, 52.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.78, 37.80, 18.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.78, 41.88, 25.50°)
OKLab	oklab(56.43% 0.113 0.0449)
OKLCH	oklch(56.43% 0.122 21.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.2500, 16.6204, 10.5762)
Luminance	0.1662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B25555 #55B2B2

analogous

#B25584 #B25555 #B28455

triadic

#B25555 #55B255 #5555B2

tetradic

#B25555 #84B255 #55B2B2 #8455B2

square

#B25555 #84B255 #55B2B2 #8455B2

split-complementary

#B25555 #55B284 #5584B2

monochromatic

#612C2C #8B3F3F #B25555 #C57F7F #D8A9A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#B25555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#B25555 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B25555

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B25555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B25555	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)

#6A6554

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817953

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C14756

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b25555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 85, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.122 21.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8784',
    500: '#b25555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b25555;
$custom-light: #cd8784;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b25555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 37.652,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5643,
    "c": 0.12157,
    "h": 21.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B25555

secondary

#9DC6C6

accent

#CECE5A

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FAF0EF

border

#D3CBCA

text

#140B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B25555

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

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