#B22142#B22142

#B22142 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.179 H 14.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B22142
RGB	rgb(178, 33, 66)
HSL	hsl(346, 69%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(346, 81%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.5%, 62.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.49, 57.65, 18.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.49, 60.59, 17.93°)
OKLab	oklab(50.11% 0.1729 0.0453)
OKLCH	oklch(50.11% 0.179 14.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.8895, 10.9491, 6.2193)
Luminance	0.1095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B22142 #21B291

analogous

#B2218B #B22142 #B24921

triadic

#B22142 #42B221 #2142B2

tetradic

#B22142 #8BB221 #21B291 #4921B2

square

#B22142 #8BB221 #21B291 #4921B2

split-complementary

#B22142 #21B249 #218BB2

monochromatic

#4B0E1C #7E172F #B22142 #DA365C #E36A86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.58

#B22142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.19

#B22142 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B22142

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B22142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B22142	1.00	6.58	3.19	6.58
#FFFFFF	6.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4A42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71683E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C30030

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b22142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 33, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.179 14.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d16c76',
    500: '#b22142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b22142;
$custom-light: #d16c76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b22142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.345,
    "s": 68.72,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50107,
    "c": 0.17873,
    "h": 14.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.10946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B22142

secondary

#66C9B3

accent

#ECC43C

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B22142

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

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