#B25742#B25742

#B25742 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.123 H 34.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B25742
RGB	rgb(178, 87, 66)
HSL	hsl(11, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(11, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.1%, 62.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.85, 35.24, 29.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.85, 45.84, 39.75°)
OKLab	oklab(56.38% 0.1021 0.0695)
OKLCH	oklch(56.38% 0.124 34.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.7536, 16.6774, 7.1740)
Luminance	0.1668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B25742 #429DB2

analogous

#B24265 #B25742 #B28F42

triadic

#B25742 #42B257 #5742B2

tetradic

#B25742 #65B242 #429DB2 #8F42B2

square

#B25742 #65B242 #429DB2 #8F42B2

split-complementary

#B25742 #42B28F #4265B2

monochromatic

#592B21 #854131 #B25742 #C87B6A #D8A396

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#B25742 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#B25742 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B25742

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B25742	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B25742	1.00	4.84	4.34	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6540

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857940

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C24652

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b25742;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 87, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.123 34.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8877',
    500: '#b25742',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b25742;
$custom-light: #ce8877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b25742",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.25,
    "s": 45.902,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56377,
    "c": 0.1235,
    "h": 34.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B25742

secondary

#8CB9C4

accent

#BDD652

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0ED

border

#D3CBC8

text

#150B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B25742

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

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