#B22A30#B22A30

#B22A30 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.172 H 23.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B22A30
RGB	rgb(178, 42, 48)
HSL	hsl(357, 62%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(357, 76%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.4%, 73%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.14, 54.02, 30.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.14, 62.10, 29.54°)
OKLab	oklab(50.49% 0.1574 0.0696)
OKLCH	oklch(50.49% 0.172 23.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.7238, 11.3374, 3.9455)
Luminance	0.1133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B22A30 #2AB2AC

analogous

#B22A74 #B22A30 #B2682A

triadic

#B22A30 #30B22A #2A30B2

tetradic

#B22A30 #74B22A #2AB2AC #682AB2

square

#B22A30 #74B22A #2AB2AC #682AB2

split-complementary

#B22A30 #2AB268 #2A74B2

monochromatic

#4F1315 #801E23 #B22A30 #D3464C #DF777C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.43

#B22A30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.27

#B22A30 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B22A30

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B22A30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B22A30	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)

#534C2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#75692B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4002E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b22a30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 42, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.172 23.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d16f68',
    500: '#b22a30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b22a30;
$custom-light: #d16f68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b22a30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.353,
    "s": 61.818,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50491,
    "c": 0.17211,
    "h": 23.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B22A30

secondary

#71C7C3

accent

#E5DE43

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160806

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B22A30

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

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