#B25859#B25859

#B25859 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.117 H 20.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B25859
RGB	rgb(178, 88, 89)
HSL	hsl(359, 37%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(359, 51%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.6%, 50%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.47, 36.61, 16.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.47, 40.19, 24.35°)
OKLab	oklab(56.98% 0.1097 0.0416)
OKLCH	oklch(56.98% 0.117 20.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.6546, 17.1682, 11.5173)
Luminance	0.1717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B25859 #58B2B1

analogous

#B25886 #B25859 #B28458

triadic

#B25859 #59B258 #5859B2

tetradic

#B25859 #86B258 #58B2B1 #8458B2

square

#B25859 #86B258 #58B2B1 #8458B2

split-complementary

#B25859 #58B284 #5886B2

monochromatic

#622D2E #8C4141 #B25859 #C58283 #D9ACAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#B25859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#B25859 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B25859

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B25859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B25859	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)

#6C6858

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827A57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C14B59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b25859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 88, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.117 20.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd8987',
    500: '#b25859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b25859;
$custom-light: #cd8987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b25859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.333,
    "s": 36.885,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56983,
    "c": 0.11737,
    "h": 20.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B25859

secondary

#9FC7C6

accent

#CDCC5B

background

#FDF8F8

surface

#FAF0EF

border

#D3CBCA

text

#140C0B

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B25859

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

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