#B2282A#B2282A

#B2282A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.174 H 25.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2282A
RGB	rgb(178, 40, 42)
HSL	hsl(359, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(359, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.5%, 76.4%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.84, 54.42, 33.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.84, 64.07, 31.87°)
OKLab	oklab(50.24% 0.1573 0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(50.24% 0.174 25.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.5391, 11.1528, 3.3139)
Luminance	0.1115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2282A #28B2B0

analogous

#B2286F #B2282A #B26B28

triadic

#B2282A #2AB228 #282AB2

tetradic

#B2282A #6FB228 #28B2B0 #6B28B2

square

#B2282A #6FB228 #28B2B0 #6B28B2

split-complementary

#B2282A #28B26B #286FB2

monochromatic

#4E1212 #801D1E #B2282A #D54345 #E07576

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.50

#B2282A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.23

#B2282A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B2282A

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2282A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B2282A	1.00	6.50	3.23	6.50
#FFFFFF	6.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524B28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756925

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2282a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 40, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.174 25.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d26e64',
    500: '#b2282a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2282a;
$custom-light: #d26e64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2282a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.13,
    "s": 63.303,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50239,
    "c": 0.17438,
    "h": 25.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2282A

secondary

#6FC7C6

accent

#E6E441

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160805

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2282A

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

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