#B22C29#B22C29

#B22C29 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.171 H 26.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B22C29
RGB	rgb(178, 44, 41)
HSL	hsl(1, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(1, 77%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.3%, 77%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.29, 53.07, 34.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.29, 63.52, 33.33°)
OKLab	oklab(50.58% 0.1529 0.0773)
OKLCH	oklch(50.58% 0.171 26.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.6633, 11.4295, 3.2681)
Luminance	0.1143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B22C29 #29AFB2

analogous

#B2296A #B22C29 #B27029

triadic

#B22C29 #29B22C #2C29B2

tetradic

#B22C29 #6AB229 #29AFB2 #7029B2

square

#B22C29 #6AB229 #29AFB2 #7029B2

split-complementary

#B22C29 #29B270 #296AB2

monochromatic

#4F1312 #80201E #B22C29 #D44744 #DF7876

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.39

#B22C29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.29

#B22C29 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B22C29

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B22C29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B22C29	1.00	6.39	3.29	6.39
#FFFFFF	6.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#554C27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766924

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b22c29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 44, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.171 26.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27063',
    500: '#b22c29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b22c29;
$custom-light: #d27063;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b22c29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.314,
    "s": 62.557,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50576,
    "c": 0.17128,
    "h": 26.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B22C29

secondary

#70C5C7

accent

#E2E642

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FCEDEA

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160805

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B22C29

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

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