#B22932#B22932

#B22932 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.173 H 22.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B22932
RGB	rgb(178, 41, 50)
HSL	hsl(356, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(356, 77%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77%, 71.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.06, 54.44, 29.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.06, 61.83, 28.30°)
OKLab	oklab(50.43% 0.1592 0.0671)
OKLCH	oklch(50.43% 0.173 22.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.7310, 11.2842, 4.1561)
Luminance	0.1128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B22932 #29B2A9

analogous

#B22977 #B22932 #B26429

triadic

#B22932 #32B229 #2932B2

tetradic

#B22932 #77B229 #29B2A9 #6429B2

square

#B22932 #77B229 #29B2A9 #6429B2

split-complementary

#B22932 #29B264 #2977B2

monochromatic

#4F1216 #801E24 #B22932 #D4444E #DF767D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.45

#B22932 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.26

#B22932 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B22932

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B22932	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B22932	1.00	6.45	3.26	6.45
#FFFFFF	6.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524C31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#74692D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4002E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b22932;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 41, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.173 22.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d16f6a',
    500: '#b22932',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b22932;
$custom-light: #d16f6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b22932",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.058,
    "s": 62.557,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50435,
    "c": 0.17275,
    "h": 22.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B22932

secondary

#70C7C1

accent

#E6DB42

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160806

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B22932

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

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