#B22C2D#B22C2D

#B22C2D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.171 H 25.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B22C2D
RGB	rgb(178, 44, 45)
HSL	hsl(360, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(360, 75%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.3%, 74.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.34, 53.23, 32.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.34, 62.43, 31.51°)
OKLab	oklab(50.63% 0.1542 0.0733)
OKLCH	oklch(50.63% 0.171 25.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.7367, 11.4589, 3.6547)
Luminance	0.1146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B22C2D #2CB2B1

analogous

#B22C70 #B22C2D #B26E2C

triadic

#B22C2D #2DB22C #2C2DB2

tetradic

#B22C2D #70B22C #2CB2B1 #6E2CB2

square

#B22C2D #70B22C #2CB2B1 #6E2CB2

split-complementary

#B22C2D #2CB26E #2C70B2

monochromatic

#501414 #812021 #B22C2D #D2494A #DE7A7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.38

#B22C2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.29

#B22C2D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B22C2D

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B22C2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B22C2D	1.00	6.38	3.29	6.38
#FFFFFF	6.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#544D2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756A28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4002E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b22c2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 44, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.171 25.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27066',
    500: '#b22c2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b22c2d;
$custom-light: #d27066;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b22c2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.552,
    "s": 60.36,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50627,
    "c": 0.17077,
    "h": 25.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B22C2D

secondary

#73C6C6

accent

#E4E244

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160806

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B22C2D

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

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