#B82B28#B82B28

#B82B28 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.178 H 27.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B82B28
RGB	rgb(184, 43, 40)
HSL	hsl(1, 64%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(1, 78%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.6%, 78.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.33, 55.22, 36.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.33, 66.43, 33.78°)
OKLab	oklab(51.56% 0.1587 0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(51.56% 0.178 27)
XYZ	xyz(21.0166, 12.0746, 3.2311)
Luminance	0.1207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B82B28 #28B5B8

analogous

#B8286D #B82B28 #B87328

triadic

#B82B28 #28B82B #2B28B8

tetradic

#B82B28 #6DB828 #28B5B8 #7328B8

square

#B82B28 #6DB828 #28B5B8 #7328B8

split-complementary

#B82B28 #28B873 #286DB8

monochromatic

#531412 #861F1D #B82B28 #D74946 #E27B79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.15

#B82B28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.41

#B82B28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B82B28

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B82B28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B82B28	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)

#564E26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796D22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB002C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b82b28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 43, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.178 27.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77063',
    500: '#b82b28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b82b28;
$custom-light: #d77063;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b82b28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.25,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51556,
    "c": 0.17815,
    "h": 27
  },
  "luminance": 0.12071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B82B28

secondary

#72C8CA

accent

#E4E741

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FDEDEA

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160805

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B82B28

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

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