#B22245#B22245

#B22245 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.178 H 13.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B22245
RGB	rgb(178, 34, 69)
HSL	hsl(345, 68%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(345, 81%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.9%, 61.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.65, 57.56, 16.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.65, 60.01, 16.42°)
OKLab	oklab(50.24% 0.1732 0.0416)
OKLCH	oklch(50.24% 0.178 13.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.0084, 11.0417, 6.7068)
Luminance	0.1104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B22245 #22B28F

analogous

#B2228D #B22245 #B24722

triadic

#B22245 #45B222 #2245B2

tetradic

#B22245 #8DB222 #22B28F #4722B2

square

#B22245 #8DB222 #22B28F #4722B2

split-complementary

#B22245 #22B247 #228DB2

monochromatic

#4B0E1D #7F1831 #B22245 #D9385F #E36C89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.55

#B22245 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.21

#B22245 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B22245

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B22245	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B22245	1.00	6.55	3.21	6.55
#FFFFFF	6.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4B45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#716841

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C30031

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b22245;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 34, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.178 13.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d06d78',
    500: '#b22245',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b22245;
$custom-light: #d06d78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b22245",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.417,
    "s": 67.925,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50242,
    "c": 0.17814,
    "h": 13.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B22245

secondary

#67C9B1

accent

#EBC13D

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B22245

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

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