#B22E28#B22E28

#B22E28 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.170 H 27.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B22E28
RGB	rgb(178, 46, 40)
HSL	hsl(3, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(3, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.2%, 77.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.53, 52.34, 35.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.53, 63.37, 34.32°)
OKLab	oklab(50.75% 0.1503 0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(50.75% 0.17 27.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.7224, 11.5752, 3.2028)
Luminance	0.1157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B22E28 #28ACB2

analogous

#B22867 #B22E28 #B27328

triadic

#B22E28 #28B22E #2E28B2

tetradic

#B22E28 #67B228 #28ACB2 #7328B2

square

#B22E28 #67B228 #28ACB2 #7328B2

split-complementary

#B22E28 #28B273 #2867B2

monochromatic

#4E1412 #80211D #B22E28 #D54943 #E07975

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.34

#B22E28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.31

#B22E28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B22E28

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B22E28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B22E28	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)

#564D26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766A23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4002E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b22e28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 46, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.170 27.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27163',
    500: '#b22e28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b22e28;
$custom-light: #d27163;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b22e28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.609,
    "s": 63.303,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5075,
    "c": 0.16973,
    "h": 27.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B22E28

secondary

#6FC3C7

accent

#DFE641

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FCEDEA

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160805

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B22E28

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →