#B22C48#B22C48

#B22C48 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.170 H 14.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B22C48
RGB	rgb(178, 44, 72)
HSL	hsl(347, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(347, 75%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.3%, 59.6%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.80, 54.72, 16.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.80, 57.18, 16.88°)
OKLab	oklab(51.11% 0.1646 0.0409)
OKLCH	oklch(51.11% 0.17 14)
XYZ	xyz(20.4325, 11.7372, 7.3192)
Luminance	0.1173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B22C48 #2CB296

analogous

#B22C8B #B22C48 #B2532C

triadic

#B22C48 #48B22C #2C48B2

tetradic

#B22C48 #8BB22C #2CB296 #532CB2

square

#B22C48 #8BB22C #2CB296 #532CB2

split-complementary

#B22C48 #2CB253 #2C8BB2

monochromatic

#501420 #812034 #B22C48 #D24966 #DE7A8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.27

#B22C48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#B22C48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B22C48

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B22C48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B22C48	1.00	6.27	3.35	6.27
#FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504F48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736A44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C30038

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b22c48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 44, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.170 14.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0717a',
    500: '#b22c48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b22c48;
$custom-light: #d0717a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b22c48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.463,
    "s": 60.36,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51109,
    "c": 0.1696,
    "h": 14
  },
  "luminance": 0.11734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B22C48

secondary

#73C6B5

accent

#E4C244

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150809

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B22C48

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

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