#B22D27#B22D27

#B22D27 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.171 H 27.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B22D27
RGB	rgb(178, 45, 39)
HSL	hsl(3, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(3, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.7%, 78.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.40, 52.65, 36.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.40, 63.87, 34.48°)
OKLab	oklab(50.64% 0.1511 0.0794)
OKLCH	oklch(50.64% 0.171 27.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.6670, 11.4913, 3.1016)
Luminance	0.1149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B22D27 #27ACB2

analogous

#B22766 #B22D27 #B27327

triadic

#B22D27 #27B22D #2D27B2

tetradic

#B22D27 #66B227 #27ACB2 #7327B2

square

#B22D27 #66B227 #27ACB2 #7327B2

split-complementary

#B22D27 #27B273 #2766B2

monochromatic

#4E1411 #80201C #B22D27 #D54741 #E07873

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.37

#B22D27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.30

#B22D27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B22D27

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B22D27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B22D27	1.00	6.37	3.30	6.37
#FFFFFF	6.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#554D25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766A21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b22d27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 45, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.171 27.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27062',
    500: '#b22d27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b22d27;
$custom-light: #d27062;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b22d27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.59,
    "s": 64.055,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50644,
    "c": 0.17071,
    "h": 27.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B22D27

secondary

#6DC4C8

accent

#E0E741

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FCEDEA

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160805

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B22D27

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

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