#B22A2E#B22A2E

#B22A2E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.172 H 24.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B22A2E
RGB	rgb(178, 42, 46)
HSL	hsl(358, 62%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(358, 76%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.4%, 74.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.12, 53.94, 31.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.12, 62.60, 30.51°)
OKLab	oklab(50.46% 0.1567 0.0717)
OKLCH	oklch(50.46% 0.172 24.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.6835, 11.3212, 3.7330)
Luminance	0.1132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B22A2E #2AB2AE

analogous

#B22A72 #B22A2E #B26A2A

triadic

#B22A2E #2EB22A #2A2EB2

tetradic

#B22A2E #72B22A #2AB2AE #6A2AB2

square

#B22A2E #72B22A #2AB2AE #6A2AB2

split-complementary

#B22A2E #2AB26A #2A72B2

monochromatic

#4F1314 #801E21 #B22A2E #D3464A #DF777A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.43

#B22A2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.26

#B22A2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B22A2E

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B22A2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B22A2E	1.00	6.43	3.26	6.43
#FFFFFF	6.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534C2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756929

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b22a2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 42, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.172 24.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d26f67',
    500: '#b22a2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b22a2e;
$custom-light: #d26f67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b22a2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.235,
    "s": 61.818,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50463,
    "c": 0.17232,
    "h": 24.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B22A2E

secondary

#71C7C4

accent

#E5E043

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160806

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B22A2E

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

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