#B22342#B22342

#B22342 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.177 H 15.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B22342
RGB	rgb(178, 35, 66)
HSL	hsl(347, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(347, 80%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.3%, 62.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.69, 57.10, 18.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.69, 60.15, 18.32°)
OKLab	oklab(50.25% 0.1711 0.0459)
OKLCH	oklch(50.25% 0.177 15)
XYZ	xyz(19.9466, 11.0634, 6.2384)
Luminance	0.1106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B22342 #23B293

analogous

#B2238A #B22342 #B24C23

triadic

#B22342 #42B223 #2342B2

tetradic

#B22342 #8AB223 #23B293 #4C23B2

square

#B22342 #8AB223 #23B293 #4C23B2

split-complementary

#B22342 #23B24C #238AB2

monochromatic

#4C0F1C #7F192F #B22342 #D83A5C #E26D87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.54

#B22342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.21

#B22342 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B22342

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B22342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B22342	1.00	6.54	3.21	6.54
#FFFFFF	6.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4B42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71683E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C30031

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b22342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 35, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.177 15.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d16d76',
    500: '#b22342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b22342;
$custom-light: #d16d76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b22342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.993,
    "s": 67.136,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50249,
    "c": 0.17718,
    "h": 15
  },
  "luminance": 0.1106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B22342

secondary

#68C9B4

accent

#EAC53E

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B22342

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

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