#B22830#B22830

#B22830 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.174 H 23.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B22830
RGB	rgb(178, 40, 48)
HSL	hsl(357, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(357, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.5%, 73%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.91, 54.67, 30.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.91, 62.53, 29.04°)
OKLab	oklab(50.32% 0.1595 0.069)
OKLCH	oklch(50.32% 0.174 23.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.6547, 11.1990, 3.9225)
Luminance	0.1120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B22830 #28B2AA

analogous

#B22875 #B22830 #B26528

triadic

#B22830 #30B228 #2830B2

tetradic

#B22830 #75B228 #28B2AA #6528B2

square

#B22830 #75B228 #28B2AA #6528B2

split-complementary

#B22830 #28B265 #2875B2

monochromatic

#4E1215 #801D23 #B22830 #D5434B #E0757B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.48

#B22830 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.24

#B22830 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B22830

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B22830	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B22830	1.00	6.48	3.24	6.48
#FFFFFF	6.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524B2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#74692B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b22830;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 40, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.174 23.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d26e68',
    500: '#b22830',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b22830;
$custom-light: #d26e68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b22830",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.522,
    "s": 63.303,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50321,
    "c": 0.17374,
    "h": 23.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B22830

secondary

#6FC7C2

accent

#E6DD41

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160806

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B22830

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

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