#B22444#B22444

#B22444 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.176 H 14.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B22444
RGB	rgb(178, 36, 68)
HSL	hsl(346, 66%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(346, 80%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.8%, 61.8%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.83, 56.94, 17.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.83, 59.67, 17.39°)
OKLab	oklab(50.37% 0.171 0.0435)
OKLCH	oklch(50.37% 0.176 14.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.0365, 11.1471, 6.5643)
Luminance	0.1114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B22444 #24B292

analogous

#B2248B #B22444 #B24B24

triadic

#B22444 #44B224 #2444B2

tetradic

#B22444 #8BB224 #24B292 #4B24B2

square

#B22444 #8BB224 #24B292 #4B24B2

split-complementary

#B22444 #24B24B #248BB2

monochromatic

#4C0F1D #7F1A31 #B22444 #D83C5F #E26F89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.50

#B22444 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.23

#B22444 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B22444

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B22444	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B22444	1.00	6.50	3.23	6.50
#FFFFFF	6.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4B44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#716840

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C30032

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b22444;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 36, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.176 14.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d06d77',
    500: '#b22444',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b22444;
$custom-light: #d06d77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b22444",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.479,
    "s": 66.355,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50366,
    "c": 0.17648,
    "h": 14.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B22444

secondary

#69C8B3

accent

#E9C33F

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B22444

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

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