#B22832#B22832

#B22832 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.174 H 22.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B22832
RGB	rgb(178, 40, 50)
HSL	hsl(356, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(356, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.5%, 71.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.94, 54.76, 29.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.94, 62.04, 28.05°)
OKLab	oklab(50.35% 0.1602 0.0668)
OKLCH	oklch(50.35% 0.174 22.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.6969, 11.2159, 4.1448)
Luminance	0.1121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B22832 #28B2A8

analogous

#B22877 #B22832 #B26328

triadic

#B22832 #32B228 #2832B2

tetradic

#B22832 #77B228 #28B2A8 #6328B2

square

#B22832 #77B228 #28B2A8 #6328B2

split-complementary

#B22832 #28B263 #2877B2

monochromatic

#4E1216 #801D24 #B22832 #D5434D #E0757C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.48

#B22832 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.24

#B22832 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B22832

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B22832	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B22832	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)

#524B31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#74692D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b22832;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 40, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.174 22.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d16f6a',
    500: '#b22832',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b22832;
$custom-light: #d16f6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b22832",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.652,
    "s": 63.303,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5035,
    "c": 0.17357,
    "h": 22.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B22832

secondary

#6FC7C1

accent

#E6DA41

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160806

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B22832

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

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