#B22514#B22514

#B22514 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.179 H 30.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B22514
RGB	rgb(178, 37, 20)
HSL	hsl(6, 80%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(6, 89%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.2%, 88.8%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.31, 54.71, 44.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.31, 70.79, 39.40°)
OKLab	oklab(49.79% 0.1541 0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(49.79% 0.179 30.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.1504, 10.8418, 1.7460)
Luminance	0.1084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B22514 #14A1B2

analogous

#B21452 #B22514 #B27414

triadic

#B22514 #14B225 #2514B2

tetradic

#B22514 #52B214 #14A1B2 #7414B2

square

#B22514 #52B214 #14A1B2 #7414B2

split-complementary

#B22514 #14B274 #1452B2

monochromatic

#440E08 #7B1A0E #B22514 #E6331E #EC6555

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.63

#B22514 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.17

#B22514 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B22514

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B22514	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B22514	1.00	6.63	3.17	6.63
#FFFFFF	6.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#53490F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756808

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C50023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b22514;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 37, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.179 30.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d36d55',
    500: '#b22514',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b22514;
$custom-light: #d36d55;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b22514",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.456,
    "s": 79.798,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49787,
    "c": 0.17924,
    "h": 30.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.10839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B22514

secondary

#53C1CE

accent

#E1F632

background

#FEF6F5

surface

#FDECE9

border

#D5C7C5

text

#160803

muted

#847A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #B22514

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

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