#B25857#B25857

#B25857 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.118 H 22.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B25857
RGB	rgb(178, 88, 87)
HSL	hsl(1, 37%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(1, 51%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.6%, 51.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.43, 36.42, 17.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.43, 40.50, 25.93°)
OKLab	oklab(56.94% 0.1089 0.0443)
OKLCH	oklch(56.94% 0.118 22.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.5718, 17.1351, 11.0810)
Luminance	0.1713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B25857 #57B1B2

analogous

#B25784 #B25857 #B28657

triadic

#B25857 #57B258 #5857B2

tetradic

#B25857 #84B257 #57B1B2 #8657B2

square

#B25857 #84B257 #57B1B2 #8657B2

split-complementary

#B25857 #57B286 #5784B2

monochromatic

#622D2D #8C4140 #B25857 #C58281 #D8ABAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#B25857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#B25857 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B25857

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B25857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B25857	1.00	4.74	4.43	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6856

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837A55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C14B58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b25857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 88, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.118 22.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8986',
    500: '#b25857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b25857;
$custom-light: #cd8986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b25857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.659,
    "s": 37.143,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56938,
    "c": 0.11759,
    "h": 22.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B25857

secondary

#9EC6C6

accent

#CCCD5B

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FAF0EF

border

#D3CBCA

text

#140C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B25857

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

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