#B22E27#B22E27

#B22E27 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.170 H 28.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B22E27
RGB	rgb(178, 46, 39)
HSL	hsl(3, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(3, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.2%, 78.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.52, 52.30, 36.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.52, 63.66, 34.75°)
OKLab	oklab(50.74% 0.15 0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(50.74% 0.17 28)
XYZ	xyz(19.7056, 11.5685, 3.1144)
Luminance	0.1157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B22E27 #27ABB2

analogous

#B22765 #B22E27 #B27427

triadic

#B22E27 #27B22E #2E27B2

tetradic

#B22E27 #65B227 #27ABB2 #7427B2

square

#B22E27 #65B227 #27ABB2 #7427B2

split-complementary

#B22E27 #27B274 #2765B2

monochromatic

#4E1411 #80211C #B22E27 #D54841 #E07973

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.34

#B22E27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.31

#B22E27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B22E27

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B22E27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B22E27	1.00	6.34	3.31	6.34
#FFFFFF	6.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#564D25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766A21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4002E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b22e27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 46, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.170 28.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27162',
    500: '#b22e27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b22e27;
$custom-light: #d27162;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b22e27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.022,
    "s": 64.055,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50738,
    "c": 0.16988,
    "h": 28
  },
  "luminance": 0.11565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B22E27

secondary

#6DC3C8

accent

#DFE741

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FCEDEA

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160805

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B22E27

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

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