#B22A36#B22A36

#B22A36 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.172 H 21.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B22A36
RGB	rgb(178, 42, 54)
HSL	hsl(355, 62%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(355, 76%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.4%, 69.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.23, 54.31, 27.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.23, 60.69, 26.50°)
OKLab	oklab(50.58% 0.1596 0.0629)
OKLCH	oklch(50.58% 0.172 21.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.8561, 11.3903, 4.6423)
Luminance	0.1139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B22A36 #2AB2A6

analogous

#B22A7A #B22A36 #B2622A

triadic

#B22A36 #36B22A #2A36B2

tetradic

#B22A36 #7AB22A #2AB2A6 #622AB2

square

#B22A36 #7AB22A #2AB2A6 #622AB2

split-complementary

#B22A36 #2AB262 #2A7AB2

monochromatic

#4F1318 #801E27 #B22A36 #D34652 #DF7781

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.41

#B22A36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.28

#B22A36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B22A36

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B22A36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B22A36	1.00	6.41	3.28	6.41
#FFFFFF	6.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524C35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746932

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C40030

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b22a36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 42, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.172 21.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d16f6d',
    500: '#b22a36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b22a36;
$custom-light: #d16f6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b22a36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.706,
    "s": 61.818,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50584,
    "c": 0.1716,
    "h": 21.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B22A36

secondary

#71C7BF

accent

#E5D743

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEB

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B22A36

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

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