#B22D29#B22D29

#B22D29 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.170 H 27.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B22D29
RGB	rgb(178, 45, 41)
HSL	hsl(2, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(2, 77%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.7%, 77%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.42, 52.72, 35.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.42, 63.30, 33.61°)
OKLab	oklab(50.67% 0.1518 0.0775)
OKLCH	oklch(50.67% 0.17 27.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.7010, 11.5049, 3.2807)
Luminance	0.1150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B22D29 #29AEB2

analogous

#B22969 #B22D29 #B27129

triadic

#B22D29 #29B22D #2D29B2

tetradic

#B22D29 #69B229 #29AEB2 #7129B2

square

#B22D29 #69B229 #29AEB2 #7129B2

split-complementary

#B22D29 #29B271 #2969B2

monochromatic

#4F1412 #80201E #B22D29 #D44844 #DF7976

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.36

#B22D29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.30

#B22D29 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B22D29

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B22D29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B22D29	1.00	6.36	3.30	6.36
#FFFFFF	6.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#554D27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766A24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4002E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b22d29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 45, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.170 27.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27063',
    500: '#b22d29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b22d29;
$custom-light: #d27063;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b22d29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.752,
    "s": 62.557,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50668,
    "c": 0.17044,
    "h": 27.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B22D29

secondary

#70C4C7

accent

#E1E642

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FCEDEA

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160805

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B22D29

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

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