#B25657#B25657

#B25657 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.120 H 21.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B25657
RGB	rgb(178, 86, 87)
HSL	hsl(359, 37%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(359, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.7%, 51.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.02, 37.46, 17.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.02, 41.21, 24.61°)
OKLab	oklab(56.63% 0.1122 0.043)
OKLCH	oklch(56.63% 0.12 21)
XYZ	xyz(23.4099, 16.8112, 11.0270)
Luminance	0.1681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B25657 #56B2B1

analogous

#B25685 #B25657 #B28356

triadic

#B25657 #57B256 #5657B2

tetradic

#B25657 #85B256 #56B2B1 #8356B2

square

#B25657 #85B256 #56B2B1 #8356B2

split-complementary

#B25657 #56B283 #5685B2

monochromatic

#612C2D #8B3F40 #B25657 #C58081 #D8AAAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#B25657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#B25657 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B25657

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B25657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B25657	1.00	4.81	4.36	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6656

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827955

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C14957

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b25657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 86, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.120 21.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8886',
    500: '#b25657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b25657;
$custom-light: #cd8886;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b25657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.348,
    "s": 37.398,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56628,
    "c": 0.12011,
    "h": 21
  },
  "luminance": 0.16809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B25657

secondary

#9EC6C6

accent

#CDCC5A

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FAF0EF

border

#D3CBCA

text

#140B0B

muted

#837C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B25657

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

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