#B22856#B22856

#B22856 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.175 H 6.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B22856
RGB	rgb(178, 40, 86)
HSL	hsl(340, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(340, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.5%, 51.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.67, 57.06, 7.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.67, 57.56, 7.58°)
OKLab	oklab(51.12% 0.1742 0.0197)
OKLCH	oklch(51.12% 0.175 6.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.8005, 11.6574, 9.9571)
Luminance	0.1165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B22856 #28B284

analogous

#B2289B #B22856 #B23F28

triadic

#B22856 #56B228 #2856B2

tetradic

#B22856 #9BB228 #28B284 #3F28B2

square

#B22856 #9BB228 #28B284 #3F28B2

split-complementary

#B22856 #28B23F #289BB2

monochromatic

#4E1226 #801D3E #B22856 #D54373 #E07598

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.30

#B22856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.33

#B22856 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B22856

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B22856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B22856	1.00	6.30	3.33	6.30
#FFFFFF	6.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4E57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#706A53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2003C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b22856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 40, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.175 6.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf6f85',
    500: '#b22856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b22856;
$custom-light: #cf6f85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b22856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 340,
    "s": 63.303,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51121,
    "c": 0.17529,
    "h": 6.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B22856

secondary

#6FC7AA

accent

#E6AF41

background

#FDF7F8

surface

#FBEDEF

border

#D4C8CA

text

#15080B

muted

#837B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B22856

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

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