#B25656#B25656

#B25656 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.120 H 21.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B25656
RGB	rgb(178, 86, 86)
HSL	hsl(0, 37%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(0, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.7%, 51.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.00, 37.37, 17.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.00, 41.36, 25.38°)
OKLab	oklab(56.61% 0.1118 0.0443)
OKLCH	oklch(56.61% 0.12 21.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.3693, 16.7950, 10.8134)
Luminance	0.1679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B25656 #56B2B2

analogous

#B25684 #B25656 #B28456

triadic

#B25656 #56B256 #5656B2

tetradic

#B25656 #84B256 #56B2B2 #8456B2

square

#B25656 #84B256 #56B2B2 #8456B2

split-complementary

#B25656 #56B284 #5684B2

monochromatic

#612C2C #8B3F3F #B25656 #C58080 #D8AAAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#B25656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#B25656 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B25656

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B25656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B25656	1.00	4.82	4.36	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6655

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827954

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C14857

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b25656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 86, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.120 21.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8885',
    500: '#b25656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b25656;
$custom-light: #cd8885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b25656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 37.398,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56606,
    "c": 0.1202,
    "h": 21.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B25656

secondary

#9EC6C6

accent

#CDCD5A

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FAF0EF

border

#D3CBCA

text

#140B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B25656

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

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