#B2272A#B2272A

#B2272A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.175 H 25.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2272A
RGB	rgb(178, 39, 42)
HSL	hsl(359, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(359, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.1%, 76.4%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.73, 54.73, 33.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.73, 64.28, 31.63°)
OKLab	oklab(50.16% 0.1583 0.0749)
OKLCH	oklch(50.16% 0.175 25.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.5059, 11.0863, 3.3028)
Luminance	0.1108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2272A #27B2AF

analogous

#B22770 #B2272A #B26927

triadic

#B2272A #2AB227 #272AB2

tetradic

#B2272A #70B227 #27B2AF #6927B2

square

#B2272A #70B227 #27B2AF #6927B2

split-complementary

#B2272A #27B269 #2770B2

monochromatic

#4E1112 #801C1E #B2272A #D54144 #E07375

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.53

#B2272A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.22

#B2272A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B2272A

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2272A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B2272A	1.00	6.53	3.22	6.53
#FFFFFF	6.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524A28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746824

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2272a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 39, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.175 25.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d26e64',
    500: '#b2272a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2272a;
$custom-light: #d26e64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2272a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.705,
    "s": 64.055,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50156,
    "c": 0.17515,
    "h": 25.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2272A

secondary

#6DC8C6

accent

#E7E341

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160805

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2272A

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

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