#B25940#B25940

#B25940 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.122 H 36.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B25940
RGB	rgb(178, 89, 64)
HSL	hsl(13, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(13, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 64%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.24, 34.06, 30.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.24, 46.00, 42.24°)
OKLab	oklab(56.66% 0.0981 0.0728)
OKLCH	oklch(56.66% 0.122 36.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.8598, 16.9825, 6.9236)
Luminance	0.1698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B25940 #4099B2

analogous

#B24060 #B25940 #B29240

triadic

#B25940 #40B259 #5940B2

tetradic

#B25940 #60B240 #4099B2 #9240B2

square

#B25940 #60B240 #4099B2 #9240B2

split-complementary

#B25940 #40B292 #4060B2

monochromatic

#582C20 #854230 #B25940 #C87C67 #D8A394

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#B25940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#B25940 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B25940

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B25940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B25940	1.00	4.78	4.40	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#70673D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867A3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C24853

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b25940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 89, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.122 36.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce8a75',
    500: '#b25940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b25940;
$custom-light: #ce8a75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b25940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.158,
    "s": 47.107,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56662,
    "c": 0.12219,
    "h": 36.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B25940

secondary

#8AB7C4

accent

#B9D751

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FAF0ED

border

#D3CBC8

text

#150C08

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B25940

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

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