#B22D2E#B22D2E

#B22D2E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.170 H 25.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B22D2E
RGB	rgb(178, 45, 46)
HSL	hsl(360, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(360, 75%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.7%, 74.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.48, 52.93, 32.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.48, 61.95, 31.31°)
OKLab	oklab(50.73% 0.1535 0.0726)
OKLCH	oklch(50.73% 0.17 25.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.7939, 11.5421, 3.7698)
Luminance	0.1154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B22D2E #2DB2B1

analogous

#B22D70 #B22D2E #B26E2D

triadic

#B22D2E #2EB22D #2D2EB2

tetradic

#B22D2E #70B22D #2DB2B1 #6E2DB2

square

#B22D2E #70B22D #2DB2B1 #6E2DB2

split-complementary

#B22D2E #2DB26E #2D70B2

monochromatic

#501415 #812121 #B22D2E #D14B4C #DE7C7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.35

#B22D2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.31

#B22D2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B22D2E

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B22D2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B22D2E	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)

#554D2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766A29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b22d2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 45, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.170 25.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17167',
    500: '#b22d2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b22d2e;
$custom-light: #d17167;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b22d2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.549,
    "s": 59.641,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50733,
    "c": 0.16979,
    "h": 25.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B22D2E

secondary

#75C6C6

accent

#E3E245

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160806

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B22D2E

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

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