#B22540#B22540

#B22540 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.176 H 16.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B22540
RGB	rgb(178, 37, 64)
HSL	hsl(349, 66%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(349, 79%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.2%, 64%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.85, 56.41, 20.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.85, 59.98, 19.87°)
OKLab	oklab(50.36% 0.1685 0.0491)
OKLCH	oklch(50.36% 0.176 16.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.9492, 11.1613, 5.9534)
Luminance	0.1116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B22540 #25B297

analogous

#B22586 #B22540 #B25125

triadic

#B22540 #40B225 #2540B2

tetradic

#B22540 #86B225 #25B297 #5125B2

square

#B22540 #86B225 #25B297 #5125B2

split-complementary

#B22540 #25B251 #2586B2

monochromatic

#4D101C #7F1A2E #B22540 #D73D5B #E17086

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.50

#B22540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.23

#B22540 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B22540

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B22540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B22540	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)

#4E4B40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72683C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C30031

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b22540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 37, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.176 16.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d16e74',
    500: '#b22540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b22540;
$custom-light: #d16e74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b22540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.511,
    "s": 65.581,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50358,
    "c": 0.17551,
    "h": 16.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B22540

secondary

#6BC8B6

accent

#E9C83F

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B22540

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

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