#B22C44#B22C44

#B22C44 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.169 H 15.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B22C44
RGB	rgb(178, 44, 68)
HSL	hsl(349, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(349, 75%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.3%, 61.8%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.71, 54.45, 19.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.71, 57.67, 19.24°)
OKLab	oklab(51.02% 0.163 0.0463)
OKLCH	oklch(51.02% 0.169 15.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.3063, 11.6867, 6.6542)
Luminance	0.1168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B22C44 #2CB29A

analogous

#B22C87 #B22C44 #B2572C

triadic

#B22C44 #44B22C #2C44B2

tetradic

#B22C44 #87B22C #2CB29A #572CB2

square

#B22C44 #87B22C #2CB29A #572CB2

split-complementary

#B22C44 #2CB257 #2C87B2

monochromatic

#50141F #812031 #B22C44 #D24962 #DE7A8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.29

#B22C44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.34

#B22C44 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B22C44

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B22C44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B22C44	1.00	6.29	3.34	6.29
#FFFFFF	6.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514E44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736A40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C30036

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b22c44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 44, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.169 15.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d07177',
    500: '#b22c44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b22c44;
$custom-light: #d07177;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b22c44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.254,
    "s": 60.36,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51022,
    "c": 0.16943,
    "h": 15.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B22C44

secondary

#73C6B8

accent

#E4C744

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B22C44

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

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