#B22C30#B22C30

#B22C30 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.170 H 24.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B22C30
RGB	rgb(178, 44, 48)
HSL	hsl(358, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(358, 75%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.3%, 73%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.38, 53.36, 30.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.38, 61.65, 30.07°)
OKLab	oklab(50.67% 0.1553 0.0702)
OKLCH	oklch(50.67% 0.17 24.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.7965, 11.4828, 3.9698)
Luminance	0.1148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B22C30 #2CB2AE

analogous

#B22C73 #B22C30 #B26B2C

triadic

#B22C30 #30B22C #2C30B2

tetradic

#B22C30 #73B22C #2CB2AE #6B2CB2

square

#B22C30 #73B22C #2CB2AE #6B2CB2

split-complementary

#B22C30 #2CB26B #2C73B2

monochromatic

#501416 #812023 #B22C30 #D2494D #DE7A7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.37

#B22C30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.30

#B22C30 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B22C30

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B22C30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B22C30	1.00	6.37	3.30	6.37
#FFFFFF	6.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#544D2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756A2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b22c30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 44, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.170 24.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17068',
    500: '#b22c30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b22c30;
$custom-light: #d17068;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b22c30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.209,
    "s": 60.36,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50669,
    "c": 0.17043,
    "h": 24.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B22C30

secondary

#73C6C4

accent

#E4DF44

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160806

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B22C30

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

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