#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
RGBrgb(178, 44, 41)
HSLhsl(1, 63%, 43%)
HSVhsv(1, 77%, 70%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 75.3%, 77%, 30.2%)
CIE-LABlab(40.29, 53.07, 34.90)
CIE-LCHlch(40.29, 63.52, 33.33°)
OKLaboklab(50.58% 0.1529 0.0773)
OKLCHoklch(50.58% 0.171 26.8)
XYZxyz(19.6633, 11.4295, 3.2681)
Luminance0.1143 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

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
##B22C291.006.393.296.39
#FFFFFF6.391.0021.001.00
#0000003.2921.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.391.0021.001.00

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

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#B22C29 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva