#B22D42#B22D42

#B22D42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.168 H 17.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B22D42
RGB	rgb(178, 45, 66)
HSL	hsl(351, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(351, 75%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.7%, 62.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.80, 53.98, 20.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.80, 57.70, 20.67°)
OKLab	oklab(51.07% 0.1611 0.0492)
OKLCH	oklch(51.07% 0.168 17)
XYZ	xyz(20.2840, 11.7381, 6.3508)
Luminance	0.1173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B22D42 #2DB29D

analogous

#B22D84 #B22D42 #B25A2D

triadic

#B22D42 #42B22D #2D42B2

tetradic

#B22D42 #84B22D #2DB29D #5A2DB2

square

#B22D42 #84B22D #2DB29D #5A2DB2

split-complementary

#B22D42 #2DB25A #2D84B2

monochromatic

#50141E #812130 #B22D42 #D14B60 #DE7C8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.27

#B22D42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#B22D42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B22D42

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B22D42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B22D42	1.00	6.27	3.35	6.27
#FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524E42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746A3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C30036

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b22d42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 45, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.168 17.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d07176',
    500: '#b22d42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b22d42;
$custom-light: #d07176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b22d42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.526,
    "s": 59.641,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51071,
    "c": 0.16847,
    "h": 17
  },
  "luminance": 0.11735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B22D42

secondary

#75C6B9

accent

#E3CA45

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B22D42

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

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