#B22435#B22435

#B22435 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.177 H 20.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B22435
RGB	rgb(178, 36, 53)
HSL	hsl(353, 66%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(353, 80%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.8%, 70.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.56, 56.10, 26.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.56, 62.21, 25.60°)
OKLab	oklab(50.08% 0.1652 0.0623)
OKLCH	oklch(50.08% 0.177 20.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.6358, 10.9868, 4.4542)
Luminance	0.1098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B22435 #24B2A1

analogous

#B2247C #B22435 #B25A24

triadic

#B22435 #35B224 #2435B2

tetradic

#B22435 #7CB224 #24B2A1 #5A24B2

square

#B22435 #7CB224 #24B2A1 #5A24B2

split-complementary

#B22435 #24B25A #247CB2

monochromatic

#4C0F17 #7F1A26 #B22435 #D83C4E #E26F7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.57

#B22435 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.20

#B22435 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B22435

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B22435	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B22435	1.00	6.57	3.20	6.57
#FFFFFF	6.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4A34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736830

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4002C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b22435;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 36, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.177 20.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d16d6c',
    500: '#b22435',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b22435;
$custom-light: #d16d6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b22435",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.817,
    "s": 66.355,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5008,
    "c": 0.17652,
    "h": 20.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.10984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B22435

secondary

#69C8BD

accent

#E9D53F

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160807

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B22435

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

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