#B22927#B22927

#B22927 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.174 H 26.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B22927
RGB	rgb(178, 41, 39)
HSL	hsl(1, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(1, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77%, 78.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.92, 53.99, 35.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.92, 64.69, 33.44°)
OKLab	oklab(50.29% 0.1553 0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(50.29% 0.174 26.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.5216, 11.2004, 3.0531)
Luminance	0.1120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B22927 #27B0B2

analogous

#B2276B #B22927 #B26E27

triadic

#B22927 #27B229 #2927B2

tetradic

#B22927 #6BB227 #27B0B2 #6E27B2

square

#B22927 #6BB227 #27B0B2 #6E27B2

split-complementary

#B22927 #27B26E #276BB2

monochromatic

#4E1211 #801D1C #B22927 #D54341 #E07573

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.48

#B22927 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.24

#B22927 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B22927

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B22927	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B22927	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)

#534B25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756921

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b22927;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 41, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.174 26.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d26f62',
    500: '#b22927',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b22927;
$custom-light: #d26f62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b22927",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.863,
    "s": 64.055,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50287,
    "c": 0.17395,
    "h": 26.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B22927

secondary

#6DC6C8

accent

#E5E741

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FCEDEA

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160805

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B22927

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

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