#B22019#B22019

#B22019 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.182 H 28.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B22019
RGB	rgb(178, 32, 25)
HSL	hsl(3, 75%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(3, 86%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82%, 86%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.85, 56.22, 42.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.85, 70.28, 36.88°)
OKLab	oklab(49.45% 0.1596 0.0875)
OKLCH	oklch(49.45% 0.182 28.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.0545, 10.5713, 1.9567)
Luminance	0.1057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B22019 #19ABB2

analogous

#B2195F #B22019 #B26C19

triadic

#B22019 #19B220 #2019B2

tetradic

#B22019 #5FB219 #19ABB2 #6C19B2

square

#B22019 #5FB219 #19ABB2 #6C19B2

split-complementary

#B22019 #19B26C #195FB2

monochromatic

#470D0A #7C1611 #B22019 #E13027 #E8645D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.74

#B22019 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.11

#B22019 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B22019

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B22019	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B22019	1.00	6.74	3.11	6.74
#FFFFFF	6.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504716

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#74670F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C50021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b22019;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 32, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.182 28.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d36b58',
    500: '#b22019',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b22019;
$custom-light: #d36b58;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b22019",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.745,
    "s": 75.369,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49453,
    "c": 0.18201,
    "h": 28.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.10568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B22019

secondary

#5BC7CC

accent

#E9F236

background

#FEF6F5

surface

#FDECE9

border

#D5C7C5

text

#160803

muted

#847A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #B22019

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

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