#B22949#B22949

#B22949 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.172 H 12.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B22949
RGB	rgb(178, 41, 73)
HSL	hsl(346, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(346, 77%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77%, 59%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.47, 55.76, 15.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.47, 57.89, 15.56°)
OKLab	oklab(50.87% 0.1681 0.0385)
OKLCH	oklch(50.87% 0.172 12.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.3577, 11.5349, 7.4565)
Luminance	0.1153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B22949 #29B292

analogous

#B2298E #B22949 #B24D29

triadic

#B22949 #49B229 #2949B2

tetradic

#B22949 #8EB229 #29B292 #4D29B2

square

#B22949 #8EB229 #29B292 #4D29B2

split-complementary

#B22949 #29B24D #298EB2

monochromatic

#4F1220 #801E35 #B22949 #D44466 #DF768F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.35

#B22949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.31

#B22949 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B22949

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B22949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B22949	1.00	6.35	3.31	6.35
#FFFFFF	6.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4D49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726A45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C30037

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b22949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 41, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.172 12.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d06f7b',
    500: '#b22949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b22949;
$custom-light: #d06f7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b22949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.985,
    "s": 62.557,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50873,
    "c": 0.17248,
    "h": 12.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B22949

secondary

#70C7B3

accent

#E6BF42

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150809

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B22949

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

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