#B22938#B22938

#B22938 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.172 H 20.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B22938
RGB	rgb(178, 41, 56)
HSL	hsl(353, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(353, 77%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77%, 68.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.15, 54.73, 25.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.15, 60.49, 25.19°)
OKLab	oklab(50.53% 0.1614 0.0603)
OKLCH	oklch(50.53% 0.172 20.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.8691, 11.3394, 4.8831)
Luminance	0.1134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B22938 #29B2A3

analogous

#B2297C #B22938 #B25F29

triadic

#B22938 #38B229 #2938B2

tetradic

#B22938 #7CB229 #29B2A3 #5F29B2

square

#B22938 #7CB229 #29B2A3 #5F29B2

split-complementary

#B22938 #29B25F #297CB2

monochromatic

#4F1219 #801E28 #B22938 #D44454 #DF7682

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.43

#B22938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.27

#B22938 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B22938

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B22938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B22938	1.00	6.43	3.27	6.43
#FFFFFF	6.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514C37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746934

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C40030

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b22938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 41, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.172 20.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d16f6e',
    500: '#b22938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b22938;
$custom-light: #d16f6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b22938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.431,
    "s": 62.557,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50532,
    "c": 0.17232,
    "h": 20.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B22938

secondary

#70C7BD

accent

#E6D442

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEB

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B22938

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

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