#B22042#B22042

#B22042 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.179 H 14.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B22042
RGB	rgb(178, 32, 66)
HSL	hsl(346, 70%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(346, 82%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82%, 62.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.40, 57.91, 18.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.40, 60.80, 17.75°)
OKLab	oklab(50.04% 0.1737 0.045)
OKLCH	oklch(50.04% 0.179 14.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.8621, 10.8944, 6.2102)
Luminance	0.1089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B22042 #20B290

analogous

#B2208B #B22042 #B24720

triadic

#B22042 #42B220 #2042B2

tetradic

#B22042 #8BB220 #20B290 #4720B2

square

#B22042 #8BB220 #20B290 #4720B2

split-complementary

#B22042 #20B247 #208BB2

monochromatic

#4A0D1C #7E172F #B22042 #DB355B #E46885

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.61

#B22042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.18

#B22042 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B22042

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B22042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B22042	1.00	6.61	3.18	6.61
#FFFFFF	6.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4A42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70673E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b22042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 32, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.179 14.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d16c76',
    500: '#b22042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b22042;
$custom-light: #d16c76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b22042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.027,
    "s": 69.524,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50039,
    "c": 0.17948,
    "h": 14.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.10891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B22042

secondary

#64CAB2

accent

#ECC33B

background

#FDF6F7

surface

#FBECED

border

#D4C7C8

text

#150808

muted

#837A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B22042

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

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