Toadstool `#B8282F`

Toadstool (#B8282F) is a mid-tone, saturated red with an OKLCH hue of 24°, lightness 0.51 and chroma 0.18. It sits on the warm side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as an accent color: strong in focal moments, dominant over large fields.

Color values

HEX	`#B8282F`
RGB	`rgb(184, 40, 47)`
HSL	`hsl(357, 64%, 44%)`
HSV	`hsv(357, 78%, 72%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 78%, 74%, 28%)`
CIE Lab	`lab(41.1 56.4 32.6)`
OKLCH	`oklch(0.514 0.180 24)`

How Toadstool behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Toadstool is virtually unchanged; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 0.6), so it is a lighting-stable choice.

Warm interior (2700K incandescent / warm LED): → #b8232a — ΔE 0.6, is virtually unchanged
Neutral LED (4000K task and retail lighting): → #bb262d — ΔE 0.6, is virtually unchanged
Daylight (6500K standard daylight (reference)): → #b8282f — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged
Blue-sky shade (cool daylight (~10000K proxy)): → #b92930 — ΔE 0.3, is virtually unchanged

Test Toadstool in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.

Contrast & accessibility

Against white it measures 6.21:1 and against black 3.38:1, so white text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.

Colors that go with Toadstool

Tonal

One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.

#ff9d96 · #e56965 · #b8282f · #950118 · #5c000a · #290001

Analogous

The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.

#c97024 · #c34f20 · #b8282f · #9c1744 · #7d0d4e · #5e0751

Shifted

The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.

#e7ba77 · #d79300 · #a37d42 · #b8282f · #8c141d · #63000b

Contrast

One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.

#00deee · #a67b77 · #b8282f · #752f2d · #501415 · #280405

Quiet Support

The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.

#dff7fa · #967977 · #b8282f · #425153 · #311715 · #000202

Bright Accent

This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.

#e6f5f7 · #bccdcf · #8ea2a4 · #0f2a2d · #000709 · #b8282f

Complementary

The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.

#d2fbff · #00939e · #b8282f · #005960 · #002529 · #080000

Split-complementary

The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.

#daccf0 · #84beb1 · #639ec1 · #b8282f · #465579 · #200514

Triadic

Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.

#ddfcdc · #429745 · #b8282f · #1841ae · #000966 · #000200

Tetradic

Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.

#f1f7cd · #818900 · #b8282f · #005960 · #280058 · #000304

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#CA4F4D · #DB6F6A · #EB8E88 · #FAACA6 · #FFCFCA

Shades

#9D1822 · #830515 · #67000C · #4B0006 · #310002

Muted

#A93E3D · #9A4D49 · #895855

Using Toadstool

Its chroma is high enough to carry accents, calls to action, and focal moments; large fields of it will dominate a composition. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.