#B2282B#B2282B

#B2282B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.174 H 25.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2282B
RGB	rgb(178, 40, 43)
HSL	hsl(359, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(359, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.5%, 75.8%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.85, 54.46, 33.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.85, 63.81, 31.41°)
OKLab	oklab(50.25% 0.1577 0.0742)
OKLCH	oklch(50.25% 0.174 25.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.5572, 11.1601, 3.4094)
Luminance	0.1116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2282B #28B2AF

analogous

#B22870 #B2282B #B26A28

triadic

#B2282B #2BB228 #282BB2

tetradic

#B2282B #70B228 #28B2AF #6A28B2

square

#B2282B #70B228 #28B2AF #6A28B2

split-complementary

#B2282B #28B26A #2870B2

monochromatic

#4E1213 #801D1F #B2282B #D54346 #E07577

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.50

#B2282B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.23

#B2282B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B2282B

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2282B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B2282B	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)

#524B2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756926

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2282b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 40, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.174 25.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d26e65',
    500: '#b2282b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2282b;
$custom-light: #d26e65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2282b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.696,
    "s": 63.303,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50252,
    "c": 0.17426,
    "h": 25.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2282B

secondary

#6FC7C5

accent

#E6E341

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160805

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2282B

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

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