#B22D2F#B22D2F

#B22D2F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.170 H 24.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B22D2F
RGB	rgb(178, 45, 47)
HSL	hsl(359, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(359, 75%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.7%, 73.6%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.49, 52.97, 31.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.49, 61.69, 30.83°)
OKLab	oklab(50.75% 0.1538 0.0716)
OKLCH	oklch(50.75% 0.17 24.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.8138, 11.5500, 3.8749)
Luminance	0.1155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B22D2F #2DB2B0

analogous

#B22D71 #B22D2F #B26D2D

triadic

#B22D2F #2FB22D #2D2FB2

tetradic

#B22D2F #71B22D #2DB2B0 #6D2DB2

square

#B22D2F #71B22D #2DB2B0 #6D2DB2

split-complementary

#B22D2F #2DB26D #2D71B2

monochromatic

#501415 #812122 #B22D2F #D14B4D #DE7C7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.35

#B22D2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.31

#B22D2F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B22D2F

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B22D2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B22D2F	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)

#544D2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766A2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b22d2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 45, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.170 24.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17168',
    500: '#b22d2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b22d2f;
$custom-light: #d17168;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b22d2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.098,
    "s": 59.641,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50746,
    "c": 0.16968,
    "h": 24.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B22D2F

secondary

#75C6C5

accent

#E3E045

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160806

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B22D2F

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

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