#B22141#B22141

#B22141 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.179 H 15.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B22141
RGB	rgb(178, 33, 65)
HSL	hsl(347, 69%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(347, 81%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.5%, 63.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.47, 57.58, 19.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.47, 60.72, 18.50°)
OKLab	oklab(50.09% 0.1725 0.0466)
OKLCH	oklch(50.09% 0.179 15.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.8602, 10.9374, 6.0654)
Luminance	0.1093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B22141 #21B292

analogous

#B2218A #B22141 #B24A21

triadic

#B22141 #41B221 #2141B2

tetradic

#B22141 #8AB221 #21B292 #4A21B2

square

#B22141 #8AB221 #21B292 #4A21B2

split-complementary

#B22141 #21B24A #218AB2

monochromatic

#4B0E1B #7E172E #B22141 #DA365A #E36A85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.59

#B22141 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.19

#B22141 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B22141

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B22141	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B22141	1.00	6.59	3.19	6.59
#FFFFFF	6.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4A41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71683D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b22141;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 33, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.179 15.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d16c75',
    500: '#b22141',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b22141;
$custom-light: #d16c75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b22141",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.759,
    "s": 68.72,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50086,
    "c": 0.17869,
    "h": 15.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B22141

secondary

#66C9B3

accent

#ECC53C

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B22141

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →