#B22842#B22842

#B22842 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.173 H 15.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B22842
RGB	rgb(178, 40, 66)
HSL	hsl(349, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(349, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.5%, 62.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.21, 55.62, 19.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.21, 58.97, 19.41°)
OKLab	oklab(50.64% 0.1664 0.0475)
OKLCH	oklch(50.64% 0.173 15.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.1044, 11.3789, 6.2909)
Luminance	0.1138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B22842 #28B298

analogous

#B22887 #B22842 #B25328

triadic

#B22842 #42B228 #2842B2

tetradic

#B22842 #87B228 #28B298 #5328B2

square

#B22842 #87B228 #28B298 #5328B2

split-complementary

#B22842 #28B253 #2887B2

monochromatic

#4E121D #801D2F #B22842 #D5435E #E07589

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.41

#B22842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.28

#B22842 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B22842

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B22842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B22842	1.00	6.41	3.28	6.41
#FFFFFF	6.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4C42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72693E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C30033

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b22842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 40, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.173 15.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d06f76',
    500: '#b22842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b22842;
$custom-light: #d06f76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b22842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.696,
    "s": 63.303,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50637,
    "c": 0.17302,
    "h": 15.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B22842

secondary

#6FC7B7

accent

#E6C741

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B22842

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

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