#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
RGBrgb(178, 36, 66)
HSLhsl(347, 66%, 42%)
HSVhsv(347, 80%, 70%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 79.8%, 62.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LABlab(39.79, 56.82, 19.04)
CIE-LCHlch(39.79, 59.92, 18.53°)
OKLaboklab(50.32% 0.1702 0.0462)
OKLCHoklch(50.32% 0.176 15.2)
XYZxyz(19.9765, 11.1231, 6.2483)
Luminance0.1112 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

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
##B224421.006.513.226.51
#FFFFFF6.511.0021.001.00
#0000003.2221.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.511.0021.001.00

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

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#B22442 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva