#B82C38#B82C38

#B82C38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.176 H 21.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B82C38
RGB	rgb(184, 44, 56)
HSL	hsl(355, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(355, 76%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.1%, 69.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.66, 55.58, 27.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.66, 62.17, 26.63°)
OKLab	oklab(51.86% 0.1633 0.0647)
OKLCH	oklch(51.86% 0.176 21.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.3841, 12.2805, 4.9850)
Luminance	0.1228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B82C38 #2CB8AC

analogous

#B82C7E #B82C38 #B8662C

triadic

#B82C38 #38B82C #2C38B8

tetradic

#B82C38 #7EB82C #2CB8AC #662CB8

square

#B82C38 #7EB82C #2CB8AC #662CB8

split-complementary

#B82C38 #2CB866 #2C7EB8

monochromatic

#55141A #872029 #B82C38 #D44D58 #E07E87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.08

#B82C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.46

#B82C38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B82C38

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B82C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B82C38	1.00	6.08	3.46	6.08
#FFFFFF	6.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#554F37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786D34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA0032

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b82c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(184, 44, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.176 21.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5716e',
    500: '#b82c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b82c38;
$custom-light: #d5716e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b82c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 184,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.857,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51864,
    "c": 0.17567,
    "h": 21.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B82C38

secondary

#77C9C2

accent

#E5D743

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEC

border

#D5C8C7

text

#160807

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B82C38

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

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