#B22442#B22442

#B22442 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.176 H 15.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B22442
RGB	rgb(178, 36, 66)
HSL	hsl(347, 66%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(347, 80%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.8%, 62.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.79, 56.82, 19.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.79, 59.92, 18.53°)
OKLab	oklab(50.32% 0.1702 0.0462)
OKLCH	oklch(50.32% 0.176 15.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.9765, 11.1231, 6.2483)
Luminance	0.1112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B22442 #24B294

analogous

#B22489 #B22442 #B24D24

triadic

#B22442 #42B224 #2442B2

tetradic

#B22442 #89B224 #24B294 #4D24B2

square

#B22442 #89B224 #24B294 #4D24B2

split-complementary

#B22442 #24B24D #2489B2

monochromatic

#4C0F1C #7F1A2F #B22442 #D83C5D #E26F87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.51

#B22442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.22

#B22442 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B22442

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B22442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B22442	1.00	6.51	3.22	6.51
#FFFFFF	6.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4B42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71683E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C30031

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b22442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 36, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.176 15.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d16d76',
    500: '#b22442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b22442;
$custom-light: #d16d76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b22442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.324,
    "s": 66.355,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50323,
    "c": 0.17638,
    "h": 15.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B22442

secondary

#69C8B4

accent

#E9C53F

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B22442

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

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