#B22D38#B22D38

#B22D38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.169 H 21.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B22D38
RGB	rgb(178, 45, 56)
HSL	hsl(355, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(355, 75%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.7%, 68.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.62, 53.40, 26.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.62, 59.54, 26.25°)
OKLab	oklab(50.89% 0.1572 0.0616)
OKLCH	oklch(50.89% 0.169 21.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.0145, 11.6303, 4.9316)
Luminance	0.1163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B22D38 #2DB2A7

analogous

#B22D7A #B22D38 #B2642D

triadic

#B22D38 #38B22D #2D38B2

tetradic

#B22D38 #7AB22D #2DB2A7 #642DB2

square

#B22D38 #7AB22D #2DB2A7 #642DB2

split-complementary

#B22D38 #2DB264 #2D7AB2

monochromatic

#501419 #812129 #B22D38 #D14B56 #DE7C84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.32

#B22D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.33

#B22D38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B22D38

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B22D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B22D38	1.00	6.32	3.33	6.32
#FFFFFF	6.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534E37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756A34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C40032

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b22d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 45, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.169 21.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1716e',
    500: '#b22d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b22d38;
$custom-light: #d1716e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b22d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.038,
    "s": 59.641,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50885,
    "c": 0.16882,
    "h": 21.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B22D38

secondary

#75C6BF

accent

#E3D645

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEC

border

#D4C8C7

text

#150807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B22D38

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

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