#B22C49#B22C49

#B22C49 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.170 H 13.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B22C49
RGB	rgb(178, 44, 73)
HSL	hsl(347, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(347, 75%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.3%, 59%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.82, 54.79, 16.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.82, 57.08, 16.28°)
OKLab	oklab(51.13% 0.165 0.0396)
OKLCH	oklch(51.13% 0.17 13.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.4654, 11.7503, 7.4924)
Luminance	0.1175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B22C49 #2CB295

analogous

#B22C8C #B22C49 #B2522C

triadic

#B22C49 #49B22C #2C49B2

tetradic

#B22C49 #8CB22C #2CB295 #522CB2

square

#B22C49 #8CB22C #2CB295 #522CB2

split-complementary

#B22C49 #2CB252 #2C8CB2

monochromatic

#501421 #812035 #B22C49 #D24967 #DE7A90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.27

#B22C49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#B22C49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B22C49

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B22C49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B22C49	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)

#504F49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736A45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C30038

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b22c49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 44, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.170 13.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0717b',
    500: '#b22c49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b22c49;
$custom-light: #d0717b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b22c49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.015,
    "s": 60.36,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51132,
    "c": 0.16967,
    "h": 13.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B22C49

secondary

#73C6B4

accent

#E4C144

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150809

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B22C49

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

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