#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
RGBrgb(178, 46, 41)
HSLhsl(2, 63%, 43%)
HSVhsv(2, 77%, 70%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 74.2%, 77%, 30.2%)
CIE-LABlab(40.54, 52.37, 35.17)
CIE-LCHlch(40.54, 63.09, 33.88°)
OKLaboklab(50.76% 0.1507 0.0778)
OKLCHoklch(50.76% 0.17 27.3)
XYZxyz(19.7396, 11.5821, 3.2936)
Luminance0.1158 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

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
##B22E291.006.333.326.33
#FFFFFF6.331.0021.001.00
#0000003.3221.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.331.0021.001.00

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

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#B22E29 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva