#B22D2D#B22D2D

#B22D2D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.170 H 25.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B22D2D
RGB	rgb(178, 45, 45)
HSL	hsl(0, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(0, 75%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.7%, 74.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.47, 52.88, 32.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.47, 62.21, 31.78°)
OKLab	oklab(50.72% 0.1531 0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(50.72% 0.17 25.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.7744, 11.5343, 3.6672)
Luminance	0.1153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B22D2D #2DB2B2

analogous

#B22D6F #B22D2D #B26F2D

triadic

#B22D2D #2DB22D #2D2DB2

tetradic

#B22D2D #6FB22D #2DB2B2 #6F2DB2

square

#B22D2D #6FB22D #2DB2B2 #6F2DB2

split-complementary

#B22D2D #2DB26F #2D6FB2

monochromatic

#501414 #812121 #B22D2D #D14B4B #DE7C7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.35

#B22D2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.31

#B22D2D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B22D2D

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B22D2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B22D2D	1.00	6.35	3.31	6.35
#FFFFFF	6.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#554D2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766A28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b22d2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 45, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.170 25.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27166',
    500: '#b22d2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b22d2d;
$custom-light: #d27166;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b22d2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 59.641,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50719,
    "c": 0.16992,
    "h": 25.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B22D2D

secondary

#75C6C6

accent

#E3E345

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160806

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B22D2D

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

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