#B22D36#B22D36

#B22D36 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.169 H 22.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B22D36
RGB	rgb(178, 45, 54)
HSL	hsl(356, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(356, 75%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.7%, 69.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.59, 53.30, 27.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.59, 59.99, 27.31°)
OKLab	oklab(50.85% 0.1564 0.0639)
OKLCH	oklch(50.85% 0.169 22.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.9666, 11.6111, 4.6791)
Luminance	0.1161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B22D36 #2DB2A9

analogous

#B22D78 #B22D36 #B2662D

triadic

#B22D36 #36B22D #2D36B2

tetradic

#B22D36 #78B22D #2DB2A9 #662DB2

square

#B22D36 #78B22D #2DB2A9 #662DB2

split-complementary

#B22D36 #2DB266 #2D78B2

monochromatic

#501418 #812127 #B22D36 #D14B54 #DE7C82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.32

#B22D36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.32

#B22D36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B22D36

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B22D36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B22D36	1.00	6.32	3.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	6.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#544E35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756A32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C40032

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b22d36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 45, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.169 22.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1716d',
    500: '#b22d36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b22d36;
$custom-light: #d1716d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b22d36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.94,
    "s": 59.641,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50852,
    "c": 0.16897,
    "h": 22.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B22D36

secondary

#75C6C1

accent

#E3D845

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEB

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B22D36

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

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