Raspberry #B00149

About this color

#B00149 is a medium-dark, vivid red. In OKLCH its lightness is 49%, its chroma 0.194 and its hue 8°. Its hue sits on the warm side of the wheel. It is the named color Raspberry. White text reads best on it, at 7.12:1.

Colors that go with Raspberry

Matches found by rotating Raspberry around the OKLCH hue wheel, each labelled with the closest name in our list.

Color palettes with Raspberry

Curated color palettes that contain a color within ΔE 0.06 (OKLab) of Raspberry, closest first.

• Blackcurrant Crumble
• Gallery Print
• Mistletoe Feast
• Evergreen Lights
• Evergreen Feast
• Cranberry and Holly
• Candy Cane and Ribbon
• Gravestone Feast

Similar named colors

The eight named colors closest to Raspberry, with their ΔE distance.

• Rouge #AB1239 ΔE 0.028
• Violet Red #A50055 ΔE 0.033
• Rose Red #BE013C ΔE 0.037
• Cranberry #9E003A ΔE 0.043
• Berry #990F4B ΔE 0.048
• Deep Magenta #A0025C ΔE 0.049
• Dark Fuchsia #9D0759 ΔE 0.050
• Purple Red #990147 ΔE 0.050

More about Raspberry

• Shades of pink
• What pink means

How to make Raspberry

A starting recipe from common paint colors, found with a spectral paint model (the color mixer’s paint mode). Real pigments vary, so mix a small test batch and adjust.

• 2 parts red
• 1 part purple

Recipe result: #A92C39, a difference of ΔE 0.049 from Raspberry. That is close; add a little more of one paint to match.

What colors make pink? | Color mixing chart

Codes for Raspberry in every format

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Shades and tints of Raspberry

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 700.

1. Step 50

   50

   #FEF2F4

   oklch(97.1% 0.013 5.8)

2. Step 100

   100

   #FBE3E6

   oklch(93.6% 0.027 9)

3. Step 200

   200

   #F9CCD2

   oklch(88.6% 0.051 9.2)

4. Step 300

   300

   #F6A7B5

   oklch(80.9% 0.095 7.8)

5. Step 400

   400

   #ED748E

   oklch(70.6% 0.151 8.2)

6. Step 500

   500

   #E34972

   oklch(63.1% 0.191 8.5)

7. Step 600

   600

   #CE1D5B

   oklch(55.5% 0.208 8.2)

8. Step 700

   700 (this color)

   #B00149

   oklch(48.5% 0.194 8.4)

9. Step 800

   800

   #91103D

   oklch(42.8% 0.161 8.6)

10. Step 900

    900

    #741A34

    oklch(37.7% 0.124 8.6)

11. Step 950

    950

    #45111F

    oklch(27.1% 0.08 8)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

Raspberry with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.