#B22B26#B22B26

#B22B26 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.172 H 27.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B22B26
RGB	rgb(178, 43, 38)
HSL	hsl(2, 65%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(2, 79%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.8%, 78.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.14, 53.30, 36.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.14, 64.57, 34.37°)
OKLab	oklab(50.45% 0.1529 0.0798)
OKLCH	oklch(50.45% 0.172 27.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.5762, 11.3358, 2.9906)
Luminance	0.1133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B22B26 #26ADB2

analogous

#B22667 #B22B26 #B27126

triadic

#B22B26 #26B22B #2B26B2

tetradic

#B22B26 #67B226 #26ADB2 #7126B2

square

#B22B26 #67B226 #26ADB2 #7126B2

split-complementary

#B22B26 #26B271 #2667B2

monochromatic

#4D1310 #801F1B #B22B26 #D6453F #E17672

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.43

#B22B26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.27

#B22B26 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B22B26

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B22B26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B22B26	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)

#544C24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766920

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4002C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b22b26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 43, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.172 27.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27061',
    500: '#b22b26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b22b26;
$custom-light: #d27061;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b22b26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.143,
    "s": 64.815,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5045,
    "c": 0.17248,
    "h": 27.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B22B26

secondary

#6CC4C8

accent

#E2E840

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FCEDEA

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160805

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B22B26

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

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