#B22A48#B22A48

#B22A48 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.172 H 13.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B22A48
RGB	rgb(178, 42, 72)
HSL	hsl(347, 62%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(347, 76%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.4%, 59.6%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.56, 55.38, 16.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.56, 57.72, 16.39°)
OKLab	oklab(50.93% 0.1667 0.0402)
OKLCH	oklch(50.93% 0.172 13.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.3598, 11.5918, 7.2950)
Luminance	0.1159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B22A48 #2AB294

analogous

#B22A8C #B22A48 #B2502A

triadic

#B22A48 #48B22A #2A48B2

tetradic

#B22A48 #8CB22A #2AB294 #502AB2

square

#B22A48 #8CB22A #2AB294 #502AB2

split-complementary

#B22A48 #2AB250 #2A8CB2

monochromatic

#4F1320 #801E34 #B22A48 #D34665 #DF778E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.33

#B22A48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.32

#B22A48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B22A48

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B22A48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B22A48	1.00	6.33	3.32	6.33
#FFFFFF	6.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4E48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726A44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C30037

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b22a48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 42, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.172 13.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0707a',
    500: '#b22a48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b22a48;
$custom-light: #d0707a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b22a48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.765,
    "s": 61.818,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50935,
    "c": 0.1715,
    "h": 13.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B22A48

secondary

#71C7B4

accent

#E5C143

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150809

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B22A48

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

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