#B22B32#B22B32

#B22B32 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.171 H 23.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B22B32
RGB	rgb(178, 43, 50)
HSL	hsl(357, 61%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(357, 76%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.8%, 71.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.29, 53.79, 29.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.29, 61.38, 28.81°)
OKLab	oklab(50.61% 0.1571 0.0677)
OKLCH	oklch(50.61% 0.171 23.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.8020, 11.4261, 4.1798)
Luminance	0.1142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B22B32 #2BB2AB

analogous

#B22B75 #B22B32 #B2672B

triadic

#B22B32 #32B22B #2B32B2

tetradic

#B22B32 #75B22B #2BB2AB #672BB2

square

#B22B32 #75B22B #2BB2AB #672BB2

split-complementary

#B22B32 #2BB267 #2B75B2

monochromatic

#4F1316 #811F24 #B22B32 #D3484F #DF797E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.39

#B22B32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.28

#B22B32 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B22B32

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B22B32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B22B32	1.00	6.39	3.28	6.39
#FFFFFF	6.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534C31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#75692D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b22b32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 43, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.171 23.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1706a',
    500: '#b22b32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b22b32;
$custom-light: #d1706a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b22b32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.889,
    "s": 61.086,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50609,
    "c": 0.17108,
    "h": 23.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B22B32

secondary

#72C7C2

accent

#E4DC44

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160806

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B22B32

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

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