#B82B27#B82B27

#B82B27 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.178 H 27.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B82B27
RGB	rgb(184, 43, 39)
HSL	hsl(2, 65%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(2, 79%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.6%, 78.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.32, 55.18, 37.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.32, 66.71, 34.19°)
OKLab	oklab(51.54% 0.1584 0.0818)
OKLCH	oklch(51.54% 0.178 27.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.9998, 12.0679, 3.1427)
Luminance	0.1206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B82B27 #27B4B8

analogous

#B8276B #B82B27 #B87327

triadic

#B82B27 #27B82B #2B27B8

tetradic

#B82B27 #6BB827 #27B4B8 #7327B8

square

#B82B27 #6BB827 #27B4B8 #7327B8

split-complementary

#B82B27 #27B873 #276BB8

monochromatic

#531312 #861F1C #B82B27 #D84945 #E27A77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.15

#B82B27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.41

#B82B27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B82B27

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B82B27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B82B27	1.00	6.15	3.41	6.15
#FFFFFF	6.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#574E25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796D21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB002C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b82b27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 43, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.178 27.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77062',
    500: '#b82b27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b82b27;
$custom-light: #d77062;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b82b27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.655,
    "s": 65.022,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51545,
    "c": 0.17827,
    "h": 27.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B82B27

secondary

#71C7CA

accent

#E3E840

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEDEA

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160805

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B82B27

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

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