#B22C46#B22C46

#B22C46 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.170 H 14.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B22C46
RGB	rgb(178, 44, 70)
HSL	hsl(348, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(348, 75%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.3%, 60.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.75, 54.58, 17.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.75, 57.41, 18.07°)
OKLab	oklab(51.07% 0.1638 0.0436)
OKLCH	oklch(51.07% 0.17 14.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.3683, 11.7115, 6.9812)
Luminance	0.1171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B22C46 #2CB298

analogous

#B22C89 #B22C46 #B2552C

triadic

#B22C46 #46B22C #2C46B2

tetradic

#B22C46 #89B22C #2CB298 #552CB2

square

#B22C46 #89B22C #2CB298 #552CB2

split-complementary

#B22C46 #2CB255 #2C89B2

monochromatic

#50141F #812033 #B22C46 #D24964 #DE7A8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.28

#B22C46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.34

#B22C46 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B22C46

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B22C46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B22C46	1.00	6.28	3.34	6.28
#FFFFFF	6.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514E46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736A42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C30037

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b22c46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 44, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.170 14.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d07179',
    500: '#b22c46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b22c46;
$custom-light: #d07179;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b22c46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.358,
    "s": 60.36,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51065,
    "c": 0.16951,
    "h": 14.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B22C46

secondary

#73C6B6

accent

#E4C544

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150809

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B22C46

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

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