#B8282A#B8282A

#B8282A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.180 H 25.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B8282A
RGB	rgb(184, 40, 42)
HSL	hsl(359, 64%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(359, 78%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.3%, 77.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.02, 56.23, 35.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.02, 66.48, 32.24°)
OKLab	oklab(51.33% 0.1623 0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(51.33% 0.18 25.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.9464, 11.8784, 3.3799)
Luminance	0.1187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B8282A #28B8B6

analogous

#B82872 #B8282A #B86E28

triadic

#B8282A #2AB828 #282AB8

tetradic

#B8282A #72B828 #28B8B6 #6E28B8

square

#B8282A #72B828 #28B8B6 #6E28B8

split-complementary

#B8282A #28B86E #2872B8

monochromatic

#531213 #861D1F #B8282A #D74648 #E2797A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.22

#B8282A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.38

#B8282A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B8282A

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B8282A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B8282A	1.00	6.22	3.38	6.22
#FFFFFF	6.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#554D28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786C24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b8282a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 40, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.180 25.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d76f64',
    500: '#b8282a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b8282a;
$custom-light: #d76f64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b8282a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.167,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51331,
    "c": 0.18021,
    "h": 25.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B8282A

secondary

#72CAC8

accent

#E7E541

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FDEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160805

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B8282A

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

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