#B22340#B22340

#B22340 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.177 H 15.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B22340
RGB	rgb(178, 35, 64)
HSL	hsl(348, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(348, 80%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.3%, 64%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.65, 56.98, 20.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.65, 60.43, 19.45°)
OKLab	oklab(50.21% 0.1704 0.0485)
OKLCH	oklch(50.21% 0.177 15.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.8887, 11.0402, 5.9332)
Luminance	0.1104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B22340 #23B295

analogous

#B22388 #B22340 #B24E23

triadic

#B22340 #40B223 #2340B2

tetradic

#B22340 #88B223 #23B295 #4E23B2

square

#B22340 #88B223 #23B295 #4E23B2

split-complementary

#B22340 #23B24E #2388B2

monochromatic

#4C0F1B #7F192E #B22340 #D83A5A #E26D85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.55

#B22340 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.21

#B22340 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B22340

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B22340	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B22340	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)

#4D4A40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71683C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C30030

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b22340;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 35, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.177 15.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d16d74',
    500: '#b22340',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b22340;
$custom-light: #d16d74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b22340",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.832,
    "s": 67.136,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50208,
    "c": 0.17711,
    "h": 15.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B22340

secondary

#68C9B5

accent

#EAC73E

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B22340

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

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