#B22C34#B22C34

#B22C34 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.170 H 22.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B22C34
RGB	rgb(178, 44, 52)
HSL	hsl(356, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(356, 75%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.3%, 70.8%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.44, 53.54, 28.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.44, 60.68, 28.07°)
OKLab	oklab(50.73% 0.1568 0.0658)
OKLCH	oklch(50.73% 0.17 22.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.8828, 11.5173, 4.4243)
Luminance	0.1151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B22C34 #2CB2AA

analogous

#B22C77 #B22C34 #B2672C

triadic

#B22C34 #34B22C #2C34B2

tetradic

#B22C34 #77B22C #2CB2AA #672CB2

square

#B22C34 #77B22C #2CB2AA #672CB2

split-complementary

#B22C34 #2CB267 #2C77B2

monochromatic

#501417 #812026 #B22C34 #D24951 #DE7A80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.36

#B22C34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.30

#B22C34 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B22C34

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B22C34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B22C34	1.00	6.36	3.30	6.36
#FFFFFF	6.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534D33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756A30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C40030

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b22c34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 44, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.170 22.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1706b',
    500: '#b22c34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b22c34;
$custom-light: #d1706b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b22c34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.418,
    "s": 60.36,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50729,
    "c": 0.17003,
    "h": 22.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B22C34

secondary

#73C6C1

accent

#E4DA44

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEB

border

#D4C8C6

text

#160806

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B22C34

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

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