#B22E29#B22E29

#B22E29 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.170 H 27.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B22E29
RGB	rgb(178, 46, 41)
HSL	hsl(2, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(2, 77%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.2%, 77%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.54, 52.37, 35.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.54, 63.09, 33.88°)
OKLab	oklab(50.76% 0.1507 0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(50.76% 0.17 27.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.7396, 11.5821, 3.2936)
Luminance	0.1158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B22E29 #29ADB2

analogous

#B22968 #B22E29 #B27329

triadic

#B22E29 #29B22E #2E29B2

tetradic

#B22E29 #68B229 #29ADB2 #7329B2

square

#B22E29 #68B229 #29ADB2 #7329B2

split-complementary

#B22E29 #29B273 #2968B2

monochromatic

#4F1412 #80211E #B22E29 #D44944 #DF7A76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.33

#B22E29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.32

#B22E29 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B22E29

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B22E29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B22E29	1.00	6.33	3.32	6.33
#FFFFFF	6.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#564D27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766A24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4002E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b22e29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 46, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.170 27.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27163',
    500: '#b22e29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b22e29;
$custom-light: #d27163;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b22e29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.19,
    "s": 62.557,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50762,
    "c": 0.16959,
    "h": 27.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B22E29

secondary

#70C4C7

accent

#E0E642

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FCEDEA

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160805

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B22E29

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

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