#B22445#B22445

#B22445 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.177 H 13.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B22445
RGB	rgb(178, 36, 69)
HSL	hsl(346, 66%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(346, 80%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.8%, 61.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.85, 57.01, 17.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.85, 59.55, 16.81°)
OKLab	oklab(50.39% 0.1714 0.0422)
OKLCH	oklch(50.39% 0.177 13.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.0672, 11.1594, 6.7264)
Luminance	0.1116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B22445 #24B291

analogous

#B2248C #B22445 #B24A24

triadic

#B22445 #45B224 #2445B2

tetradic

#B22445 #8CB224 #24B291 #4A24B2

square

#B22445 #8CB224 #24B291 #4A24B2

split-complementary

#B22445 #24B24A #248CB2

monochromatic

#4C0F1E #7F1A31 #B22445 #D83C60 #E26F89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.50

#B22445 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.23

#B22445 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B22445

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B22445	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B22445	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)

#4D4B45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#716841

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C30032

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b22445;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 36, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.177 13.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d06d78',
    500: '#b22445',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b22445;
$custom-light: #d06d78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b22445",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.056,
    "s": 66.355,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50388,
    "c": 0.17654,
    "h": 13.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B22445

secondary

#69C8B2

accent

#E9C23F

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B22445

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

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