#B22B48#B22B48

#B22B48 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.171 H 13.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B22B48
RGB	rgb(178, 43, 72)
HSL	hsl(347, 61%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(347, 76%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.8%, 59.6%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.68, 55.05, 16.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.68, 57.45, 16.63°)
OKLab	oklab(51.02% 0.1657 0.0406)
OKLCH	oklch(51.02% 0.171 13.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.3957, 11.6636, 7.3070)
Luminance	0.1166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B22B48 #2BB295

analogous

#B22B8B #B22B48 #B2512B

triadic

#B22B48 #48B22B #2B48B2

tetradic

#B22B48 #8BB22B #2BB295 #512BB2

square

#B22B48 #8BB22B #2BB295 #512BB2

split-complementary

#B22B48 #2BB251 #2B8BB2

monochromatic

#4F1320 #811F34 #B22B48 #D34865 #DF798F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.30

#B22B48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.33

#B22B48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B22B48

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B22B48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B22B48	1.00	6.30	3.33	6.30
#FFFFFF	6.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504E48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726A44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C30037

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b22b48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 43, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.171 13.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0707a',
    500: '#b22b48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b22b48;
$custom-light: #d0707a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b22b48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.111,
    "s": 61.086,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51021,
    "c": 0.17056,
    "h": 13.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B22B48

secondary

#72C7B4

accent

#E4C244

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150809

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B22B48

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

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