#B22935#B22935

#B22935 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.173 H 21.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B22935
RGB	rgb(178, 41, 53)
HSL	hsl(355, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(355, 77%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77%, 70.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.10, 54.58, 27.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.10, 61.13, 26.77°)
OKLab	oklab(50.48% 0.1603 0.0638)
OKLCH	oklch(50.48% 0.173 21.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.7979, 11.3109, 4.5083)
Luminance	0.1131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B22935 #29B2A6

analogous

#B22979 #B22935 #B26229

triadic

#B22935 #35B229 #2935B2

tetradic

#B22935 #79B229 #29B2A6 #6229B2

square

#B22935 #79B229 #29B2A6 #6229B2

split-complementary

#B22935 #29B262 #2979B2

monochromatic

#4F1217 #801E26 #B22935 #D44451 #DF767F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.44

#B22935 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.26

#B22935 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B22935

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B22935	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B22935	1.00	6.44	3.26	6.44
#FFFFFF	6.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524C34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746931

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b22935;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 41, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.173 21.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d16f6c',
    500: '#b22935',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b22935;
$custom-light: #d16f6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b22935",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.745,
    "s": 62.557,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50482,
    "c": 0.17251,
    "h": 21.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B22935

secondary

#70C7BF

accent

#E6D742

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160807

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B22935

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

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