#B25849#B25849

#B25849 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.120 H 30.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B25849
RGB	rgb(178, 88, 73)
HSL	hsl(9, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(9, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.6%, 59%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.17, 35.23, 25.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.17, 43.58, 36.05°)
OKLab	oklab(56.66% 0.1032 0.0619)
OKLCH	oklch(56.66% 0.12 30.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.0543, 16.9281, 8.3554)
Luminance	0.1693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B25849 #49A3B2

analogous

#B2496F #B25849 #B28D49

triadic

#B25849 #49B258 #5849B2

tetradic

#B25849 #6FB249 #49A3B2 #8D49B2

square

#B25849 #6FB249 #49A3B2 #8D49B2

split-complementary

#B25849 #49B28D #496FB2

monochromatic

#5B2D25 #874337 #B25849 #C57F73 #D7A69E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#B25849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#B25849 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B25849

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B25849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B25849	1.00	4.79	4.39	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6747

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847A47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C24955

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b25849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 88, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.120 30.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce897c',
    500: '#b25849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b25849;
$custom-light: #ce897c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b25849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.571,
    "s": 41.833,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56655,
    "c": 0.12038,
    "h": 30.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B25849

secondary

#93BDC4

accent

#C0D256

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0EE

border

#D3CBC9

text

#140C09

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B25849

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

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