#B22332#B22332

#B22332 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.177 H 21.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B22332
RGB	rgb(178, 35, 50)
HSL	hsl(354, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(354, 80%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.3%, 71.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.41, 56.25, 28.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.41, 63.08, 26.91°)
OKLab	oklab(49.96% 0.1649 0.0654)
OKLCH	oklch(49.96% 0.177 21.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.5391, 10.9004, 4.0922)
Luminance	0.1090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B22332 #23B2A3

analogous

#B2237A #B22332 #B25B23

triadic

#B22332 #32B223 #2332B2

tetradic

#B22332 #7AB223 #23B2A3 #5B23B2

square

#B22332 #7AB223 #23B2A3 #5B23B2

split-complementary

#B22332 #23B25B #237AB2

monochromatic

#4C0F15 #7F1924 #B22332 #D83A4B #E26D79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.61

#B22332 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.18

#B22332 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B22332

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B22332	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B22332	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)

#4F4931

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#73682D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b22332;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 35, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.177 21.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d26d6a',
    500: '#b22332',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b22332;
$custom-light: #d26d6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b22332",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.706,
    "s": 67.136,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49958,
    "c": 0.17745,
    "h": 21.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B22332

secondary

#68C9BF

accent

#EAD83E

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160806

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B22332

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

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