#B2272D#B2272D

#B2272D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.175 H 24.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2272D
RGB	rgb(178, 39, 45)
HSL	hsl(357, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(357, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.1%, 74.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.76, 54.85, 31.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.76, 63.49, 30.24°)
OKLab	oklab(50.2% 0.1594 0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(50.2% 0.175 24.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.5616, 11.1086, 3.5963)
Luminance	0.1110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2272D #27B2AC

analogous

#B22773 #B2272D #B26627

triadic

#B2272D #2DB227 #272DB2

tetradic

#B2272D #73B227 #27B2AC #6627B2

square

#B2272D #73B227 #27B2AC #6627B2

split-complementary

#B2272D #27B266 #2773B2

monochromatic

#4E1114 #801C20 #B2272D #D54147 #E07378

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.52

#B2272D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.22

#B2272D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B2272D

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2272D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B2272D	1.00	6.52	3.22	6.52
#FFFFFF	6.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524B2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746828

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2272d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 39, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.175 24.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d26e66',
    500: '#b2272d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2272d;
$custom-light: #d26e66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2272d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.41,
    "s": 64.055,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50196,
    "c": 0.17483,
    "h": 24.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2272D

secondary

#6DC8C4

accent

#E7E041

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160806

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2272D

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

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