#B82829#B82829

#B82829 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.180 H 26.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B82829
RGB	rgb(184, 40, 41)
HSL	hsl(360, 64%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(360, 78%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.3%, 77.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.01, 56.19, 36.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.01, 66.75, 32.66°)
OKLab	oklab(51.32% 0.162 0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(51.32% 0.18 26.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.9287, 11.8714, 3.2868)
Luminance	0.1187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B82829 #28B8B7

analogous

#B82871 #B82829 #B86F28

triadic

#B82829 #29B828 #2829B8

tetradic

#B82829 #71B828 #28B8B7 #6F28B8

square

#B82829 #71B828 #28B8B7 #6F28B8

split-complementary

#B82829 #28B86F #2871B8

monochromatic

#531213 #861D1E #B82829 #D74647 #E27979

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.22

#B82829 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.37

#B82829 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B82829

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B82829	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B82829	1.00	6.22	3.37	6.22
#FFFFFF	6.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#554D27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786C23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b82829;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 40, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.180 26.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d76f63',
    500: '#b82829',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b82829;
$custom-light: #d76f63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b82829",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.583,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51319,
    "c": 0.18033,
    "h": 26.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B82829

secondary

#72CAC9

accent

#E7E641

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEDEA

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160805

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B82829

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

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