#B22542#B22542

#B22542 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.176 H 15.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B22542
RGB	rgb(178, 37, 66)
HSL	hsl(348, 66%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(348, 79%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.2%, 62.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.89, 56.53, 19.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.89, 59.69, 18.74°)
OKLab	oklab(50.4% 0.1693 0.0465)
OKLCH	oklch(50.4% 0.176 15.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.0072, 11.1845, 6.2585)
Luminance	0.1118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B22542 #25B295

analogous

#B22588 #B22542 #B24F25

triadic

#B22542 #42B225 #2542B2

tetradic

#B22542 #88B225 #25B295 #4F25B2

square

#B22542 #88B225 #25B295 #4F25B2

split-complementary

#B22542 #25B24F #2588B2

monochromatic

#4D101C #7F1A2F #B22542 #D73D5D #E17087

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.49

#B22542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.24

#B22542 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B22542

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B22542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B22542	1.00	6.49	3.24	6.49
#FFFFFF	6.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4B42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72683E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C30032

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b22542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 37, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.176 15.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d06e76',
    500: '#b22542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b22542;
$custom-light: #d06e76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b22542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.66,
    "s": 65.581,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50399,
    "c": 0.17557,
    "h": 15.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B22542

secondary

#6BC8B5

accent

#E9C63F

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B22542

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

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