#B22335#B22335

#B22335 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.177 H 20.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B22335
RGB	rgb(178, 35, 53)
HSL	hsl(352, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(352, 80%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.3%, 70.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.46, 56.39, 26.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.46, 62.41, 25.38°)
OKLab	oklab(50.01% 0.1661 0.062)
OKLCH	oklch(50.01% 0.177 20.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.6060, 10.9272, 4.4443)
Luminance	0.1092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B22335 #23B2A0

analogous

#B2237C #B22335 #B25923

triadic

#B22335 #35B223 #2335B2

tetradic

#B22335 #7CB223 #23B2A0 #5923B2

square

#B22335 #7CB223 #23B2A0 #5923B2

split-complementary

#B22335 #23B259 #237CB2

monochromatic

#4C0F17 #7F1926 #B22335 #D83A4E #E26D7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.59

#B22335 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.18

#B22335 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B22335

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B22335	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B22335	1.00	6.59	3.18	6.59
#FFFFFF	6.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4A34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736830

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b22335;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 35, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.177 20.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d16d6c',
    500: '#b22335',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b22335;
$custom-light: #d16d6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b22335",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.448,
    "s": 67.136,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50006,
    "c": 0.17728,
    "h": 20.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.10924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B22335

secondary

#68C9BC

accent

#EAD43E

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160807

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B22335

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

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