#B22C36#B22C36

#B22C36 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.170 H 22.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B22C36
RGB	rgb(178, 44, 54)
HSL	hsl(356, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(356, 75%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.3%, 69.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.47, 53.64, 27.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.47, 60.22, 27.03°)
OKLab	oklab(50.76% 0.1575 0.0636)
OKLCH	oklch(50.76% 0.17 22)
XYZ	xyz(19.9289, 11.5357, 4.6666)
Luminance	0.1153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B22C36 #2CB2A8

analogous

#B22C79 #B22C36 #B2652C

triadic

#B22C36 #36B22C #2C36B2

tetradic

#B22C36 #79B22C #2CB2A8 #652CB2

square

#B22C36 #79B22C #2CB2A8 #652CB2

split-complementary

#B22C36 #2CB265 #2C79B2

monochromatic

#501418 #812027 #B22C36 #D24953 #DE7A82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.35

#B22C36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.31

#B22C36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B22C36

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B22C36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B22C36	1.00	6.35	3.31	6.35
#FFFFFF	6.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534D35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756A32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C40031

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b22c36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 44, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.170 22.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1706d',
    500: '#b22c36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b22c36;
$custom-light: #d1706d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b22c36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.522,
    "s": 60.36,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50761,
    "c": 0.16986,
    "h": 22
  },
  "luminance": 0.11533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B22C36

secondary

#73C6C0

accent

#E4D844

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEB

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B22C36

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

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