#B22B2E#B22B2E

#B22B2E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.172 H 24.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B22B2E
RGB	rgb(178, 43, 46)
HSL	hsl(359, 61%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(359, 76%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.8%, 74.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.23, 53.61, 31.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.23, 62.39, 30.77°)
OKLab	oklab(50.55% 0.1557 0.072)
OKLCH	oklch(50.55% 0.172 24.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.7194, 11.3930, 3.7450)
Luminance	0.1139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B22B2E #2BB2AF

analogous

#B22B71 #B22B2E #B26B2B

triadic

#B22B2E #2EB22B #2B2EB2

tetradic

#B22B2E #71B22B #2BB2AF #6B2BB2

square

#B22B2E #71B22B #2BB2AF #6B2BB2

split-complementary

#B22B2E #2BB26B #2B71B2

monochromatic

#4F1315 #811F21 #B22B2E #D3484B #DF797B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.41

#B22B2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.28

#B22B2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B22B2E

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B22B2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B22B2E	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)

#544C2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756929

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4002E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b22b2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 43, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.172 24.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27067',
    500: '#b22b2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b22b2e;
$custom-light: #d27067;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b22b2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.667,
    "s": 61.086,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50551,
    "c": 0.1715,
    "h": 24.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B22B2E

secondary

#72C7C5

accent

#E4E144

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160806

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B22B2E

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

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