#B22625#B22625

#B22625 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.176 H 26.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B22625
RGB	rgb(178, 38, 37)
HSL	hsl(0, 66%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(0, 79%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.7%, 79.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.56, 54.85, 36.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.56, 65.84, 33.58°)
OKLab	oklab(50.02% 0.1576 0.0794)
OKLCH	oklch(50.02% 0.176 26.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.3895, 10.9879, 2.8499)
Luminance	0.1099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B22625 #25B1B2

analogous

#B2256A #B22625 #B26D25

triadic

#B22625 #25B226 #2625B2

tetradic

#B22625 #6AB225 #25B1B2 #6D25B2

square

#B22625 #6AB225 #25B1B2 #6D25B2

split-complementary

#B22625 #25B26D #256AB2

monochromatic

#4D1010 #7F1B1A #B22625 #D73F3D #E17170

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.57

#B22625 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.20

#B22625 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B22625

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B22625	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B22625	1.00	6.57	3.20	6.57
#FFFFFF	6.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524A23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#74681F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C40028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b22625;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 38, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.176 26.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d26d60',
    500: '#b22625',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b22625;
$custom-light: #d26d60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b22625",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.426,
    "s": 65.581,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50015,
    "c": 0.17649,
    "h": 26.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.10985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B22625

secondary

#6BC7C8

accent

#E7E93F

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FCEDE9

border

#D5C8C5

text

#160805

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B22625

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

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