#B22A49#B22A49

#B22A49 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.172 H 13.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B22A49
RGB	rgb(178, 42, 73)
HSL	hsl(346, 62%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(346, 76%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.4%, 59%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.58, 55.44, 15.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.58, 57.62, 15.80°)
OKLab	oklab(50.96% 0.1671 0.0388)
OKLCH	oklch(50.96% 0.172 13.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.3927, 11.6049, 7.4682)
Luminance	0.1160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B22A49 #2AB293

analogous

#B22A8D #B22A49 #B24F2A

triadic

#B22A49 #49B22A #2A49B2

tetradic

#B22A49 #8DB22A #2AB293 #4F2AB2

square

#B22A49 #8DB22A #2AB293 #4F2AB2

split-complementary

#B22A49 #2AB24F #2A8DB2

monochromatic

#4F1320 #801E35 #B22A49 #D34666 #DF778F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.32

#B22A49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.32

#B22A49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B22A49

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B22A49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B22A49	1.00	6.32	3.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	6.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4E49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726A45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C30037

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b22a49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 42, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.172 13.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0707b',
    500: '#b22a49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b22a49;
$custom-light: #d0707b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b22a49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.324,
    "s": 61.818,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50957,
    "c": 0.17156,
    "h": 13.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B22A49

secondary

#71C7B3

accent

#E5C043

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150809

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B22A49

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

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