#b8240a

Color #b8240a

A vivid, highly saturated dark red.

Closest named color Firebrick #b22222 · ΔE 12.49 Nearest Tailwind class red-700 #c10007 · ΔE 2.7

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Conversions

HEX

#b8240a

RGB

rgb(184, 36, 10)

HSL

hsl(9, 89.7%, 38%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(9, 94.6%, 72.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 80.4%, 94.6%, 27.8%)

LAB

lab(40.37, 56.65, 50.06)

LCH

lch(40.37, 75.6, 41.47)

OKLCH

oklch(50.8%, 0.1864, 31.87)

HWB

hwb(9, 3.9%, 27.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#0a9eb8

Analogous

#b80a47

#b8240a

#b87b0a

Triadic

#b8240a

#0ab824

#240ab8

Split-complementary

#b8240a

#0ab87b

#0a47b8

Tetradic

#b8240a

#9eb80a

#0a9eb8

#240ab8

Square

#b8240a

#47b80a

#0a9eb8

#7b0ab8

Shades

Color #b8240a mixed toward black.

#991e08

#7b1807

#5c1205

#3d0c03

#1f0602

Tints

Color #b8240a mixed toward white.

#ea2e0d

#f45337

#f77e69

#faa99b

#fcd4cd

Tones

Color #b8240a mixed toward gray.

#a92e18

#9b3827

#8c4235

#7e4d44

#6f5752

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.37:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.29:1

White text reads better on this background (6.37:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#908f13 · ΔE 46.5

Deuteranopia

#969e15 · ΔE 51.6

Tritanopia

#b41819 · ΔE 4.5

Achromatopsia

#5f5f5f · ΔE 28.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #b8240a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#b8240a]

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Frequently asked questions

#b8240a (#b8240a) is rgb(184, 36, 10) in RGB.

No, #b8240a is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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