#B22530#B22530

#B22530 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.176 H 22.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B22530
RGB	rgb(178, 37, 48)
HSL	hsl(355, 66%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(355, 79%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.2%, 73%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.59, 55.58, 29.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.59, 63.15, 28.33°)
OKLab	oklab(50.08% 0.1624 0.0682)
OKLCH	oklch(50.08% 0.176 22.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.5574, 11.0046, 3.8901)
Luminance	0.1100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B22530 #25B2A7

analogous

#B22577 #B22530 #B26125

triadic

#B22530 #30B225 #2530B2

tetradic

#B22530 #77B225 #25B2A7 #6125B2

square

#B22530 #77B225 #25B2A7 #6125B2

split-complementary

#B22530 #25B261 #2577B2

monochromatic

#4D1015 #7F1A22 #B22530 #D73D49 #E17079

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.56

#B22530 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.20

#B22530 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B22530

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B22530	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B22530	1.00	6.56	3.20	6.56
#FFFFFF	6.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504A2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#73682B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b22530;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 37, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.176 22.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d26d68',
    500: '#b22530',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b22530;
$custom-light: #d26d68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b22530",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.319,
    "s": 65.581,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50079,
    "c": 0.17609,
    "h": 22.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B22530

secondary

#6BC8C1

accent

#E9DB3F

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160806

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B22530

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

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