#B22B45#B22B45

#B22B45 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.170 H 15.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B22B45
RGB	rgb(178, 43, 69)
HSL	hsl(348, 61%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(348, 76%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.8%, 61.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.61, 54.85, 18.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.61, 57.80, 18.40°)
OKLab	oklab(50.96% 0.1645 0.0446)
OKLCH	oklch(50.96% 0.17 15.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.3002, 11.6254, 6.8041)
Luminance	0.1162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B22B45 #2BB298

analogous

#B22B88 #B22B45 #B2542B

triadic

#B22B45 #45B22B #2B45B2

tetradic

#B22B45 #88B22B #2BB298 #542BB2

square

#B22B45 #88B22B #2BB298 #542BB2

split-complementary

#B22B45 #2BB254 #2B88B2

monochromatic

#4F131F #811F32 #B22B45 #D34862 #DF798C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.32

#B22B45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.32

#B22B45 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B22B45

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B22B45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B22B45	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)

#504E45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736A41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C30036

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b22b45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 43, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.170 15.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d07078',
    500: '#b22b45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b22b45;
$custom-light: #d07078;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b22b45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.444,
    "s": 61.086,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50955,
    "c": 0.1704,
    "h": 15.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B22B45

secondary

#72C7B6

accent

#E4C544

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B22B45

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

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