#B2272E#B2272E

#B2272E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.175 H 23.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2272E
RGB	rgb(178, 39, 46)
HSL	hsl(357, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(357, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.1%, 74.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.78, 54.89, 31.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.78, 63.23, 29.76°)
OKLab	oklab(50.21% 0.1597 0.0709)
OKLCH	oklch(50.21% 0.175 23.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.5811, 11.1164, 3.6989)
Luminance	0.1111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2272E #27B2AB

analogous

#B22774 #B2272E #B26527

triadic

#B2272E #2EB227 #272EB2

tetradic

#B2272E #74B227 #27B2AB #6527B2

square

#B2272E #74B227 #27B2AB #6527B2

split-complementary

#B2272E #27B265 #2774B2

monochromatic

#4E1114 #801C21 #B2272E #D54148 #E07379

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.52

#B2272E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.22

#B2272E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B2272E

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2272E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B2272E	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)

#524B2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746829

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2272e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 39, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.175 23.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d26e67',
    500: '#b2272e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2272e;
$custom-light: #d26e67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2272e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.978,
    "s": 64.055,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5021,
    "c": 0.17473,
    "h": 23.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2272E

secondary

#6DC8C3

accent

#E7DF41

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160806

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2272E

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

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