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Replete Tobi

#b8270e
Notes

Replete Tobi (#B8270E) is a true red with a warm character. It leans warm, pulling light toward red, orange, and yellow. Naturally inviting, it suits editorial and hospitality contexts. Its HSL profile (9°, 86%, 39%) places it in the highly saturated band at a mid lightness. Best used in small doses, like logos, CTAs, focus rings, or highlight text, where its saturation becomes a feature rather than noise. For a confident two-color system, pair it with its complementary cyan. For something softer, pull in its analogous neighbors on either side of the wheel.

HEX
#b8270e
RGB
rgb(184, 39, 14)
HSL
hsl(9, 86%, 39%)
HWB
hwb(9 5% 28%)
OKLCH
oklch(51.0% 0.184 32.0)
HSV
hsv(9, 92%, 72%)
LAB
lab(40.70% 55.83 48.91)
LCH
lch(40.70% 74.23 41.22)
CMYK
cmyk(0%, 79%, 92%, 28%)

Etymology

Replete
adjective

Latin replētus, filled — past-participle of replēre. As a color modifier, replete implies a saturated-and-fully-pigmented quality where the hue is completely loaded with its source pigment. Sits at the bold-and-saturated end of the grid, parallel to brimming and suffused in usage.

Tobi
noun

Named for the tobi — the black kite (Milvus migrans) — the slightly muted red-brown of the bird's plumage and of the tobi-iro dye traditionally used in working-class Edo dress. The color refers to a freshly-dyed tobi-iro cotton: a soft, slightly muted red-brown with the matte finish of plant-and-iron mordant. Drier than rust, warmer than maroon.

Closest matches

The nearest named color in three reference sources, ranked by perceptual distance (ΔE76 in CIELAB). ΔE < 1 is imperceptible to most viewers; ΔE > 10 is clearly different. When two sources point to the same hex they’re merged into one tile; click any to open that color’s page.

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Color-vision simulation

How this color appears to viewers with the four major color-vision-deficiency types. Computed via the Machado (2009) physiologically-based model. If a tile matches the original, the color reads the same to that viewer.

#b8270e
Original
#564b06
Protanopia
#796b00
Deuteranopia
#cb0024
Tritanopia
#444444
Achromatopsia
WCAG contrast

The color used as foreground text against pure white and pure black, with the contrast ratio and WCAG 2.1 grade. Aim for AA (4.5:1) for body text and AA Large (3:1) for 18 pt+ headlines; AAA (7:1) is the gold standard for long-form reading surfaces.

The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
AAon White
6.30:1
The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
AA Largeon Black
3.33:1

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