#B25640#B25640

#B25640 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.125 H 34.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B25640
RGB	rgb(178, 86, 64)
HSL	hsl(12, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(12, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.7%, 64%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.62, 35.63, 30.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.62, 46.68, 40.26°)
OKLab	oklab(56.19% 0.1029 0.0712)
OKLCH	oklch(56.19% 0.125 34.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.6153, 16.4934, 6.8421)
Luminance	0.1649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B25640 #409CB2

analogous

#B24063 #B25640 #B28F40

triadic

#B25640 #40B256 #5640B2

tetradic

#B25640 #63B240 #409CB2 #8F40B2

square

#B25640 #63B240 #409CB2 #8F40B2

split-complementary

#B25640 #40B28F #4063B2

monochromatic

#582B20 #854030 #B25640 #C87A67 #D8A194

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#B25640 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#B25640 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B25640

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B25640	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B25640	1.00	4.89	4.30	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E653E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84793E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C34551

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b25640;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 86, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.125 34.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8875',
    500: '#b25640',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b25640;
$custom-light: #ce8875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b25640",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.579,
    "s": 47.107,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56188,
    "c": 0.12514,
    "h": 34.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B25640

secondary

#8AB9C4

accent

#BDD751

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0ED

border

#D3CBC8

text

#150B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B25640

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

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