#B2233E#B2233E

#B2233E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.177 H 16.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2233E
RGB	rgb(178, 35, 62)
HSL	hsl(349, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(349, 80%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.3%, 65.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.61, 56.86, 21.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.61, 60.73, 20.56°)
OKLab	oklab(50.17% 0.1696 0.0511)
OKLCH	oklch(50.17% 0.177 16.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.8328, 11.0179, 5.6389)
Luminance	0.1101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2233E #23B297

analogous

#B22386 #B2233E #B24F23

triadic

#B2233E #3EB223 #233EB2

tetradic

#B2233E #86B223 #23B297 #4F23B2

square

#B2233E #86B223 #23B297 #4F23B2

split-complementary

#B2233E #23B24F #2386B2

monochromatic

#4C0F1A #7F192C #B2233E #D83A58 #E26D83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.56

#B2233E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.20

#B2233E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B2233E

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2233E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B2233E	1.00	6.56	3.20	6.56
#FFFFFF	6.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4A3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72683A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2233e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 35, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.177 16.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d16d73',
    500: '#b2233e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2233e;
$custom-light: #d16d73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2233e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.671,
    "s": 67.136,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50168,
    "c": 0.17708,
    "h": 16.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2233E

secondary

#68C9B6

accent

#EACA3E

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEC

border

#D4C8C7

text

#150808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2233E

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

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