#B22936#B22936

#B22936 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.172 H 21.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B22936
RGB	rgb(178, 41, 54)
HSL	hsl(354, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(354, 77%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77%, 69.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.11, 54.63, 26.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.11, 60.91, 26.25°)
OKLab	oklab(50.5% 0.1607 0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(50.5% 0.172 21.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.8211, 11.3202, 4.6307)
Luminance	0.1132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B22936 #29B2A5

analogous

#B2297A #B22936 #B26129

triadic

#B22936 #36B229 #2936B2

tetradic

#B22936 #7AB229 #29B2A5 #6129B2

square

#B22936 #7AB229 #29B2A5 #6129B2

split-complementary

#B22936 #29B261 #297AB2

monochromatic

#4F1218 #801E27 #B22936 #D44452 #DF7680

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.44

#B22936 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.26

#B22936 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B22936

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B22936	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B22936	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)

#524C35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746932

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b22936;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 41, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.172 21.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d16f6d',
    500: '#b22936',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b22936;
$custom-light: #d16f6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b22936",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.307,
    "s": 62.557,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50498,
    "c": 0.17244,
    "h": 21.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B22936

secondary

#70C7BF

accent

#E6D642

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEB

border

#D4C8C6

text

#160807

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B22936

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

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