#B22E2A#B22E2A

#B22E2A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.169 H 27.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B22E2A
RGB	rgb(178, 46, 42)
HSL	hsl(2, 62%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(2, 76%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.2%, 76.4%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.56, 52.41, 34.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.56, 62.81, 33.44°)
OKLab	oklab(50.77% 0.151 0.0769)
OKLCH	oklch(50.77% 0.169 27)
XYZ	xyz(19.7573, 11.5892, 3.3867)
Luminance	0.1159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B22E2A #2AAEB2

analogous

#B22A6A #B22E2A #B2722A

triadic

#B22E2A #2AB22E #2E2AB2

tetradic

#B22E2A #6AB22A #2AAEB2 #722AB2

square

#B22E2A #6AB22A #2AAEB2 #722AB2

split-complementary

#B22E2A #2AB272 #2A6AB2

monochromatic

#4F1413 #80211E #B22E2A #D34A46 #DF7A77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.33

#B22E2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.32

#B22E2A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B22E2A

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B22E2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B22E2A	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)

#554D28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766A25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b22e2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 46, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.169 27.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27164',
    500: '#b22e2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b22e2a;
$custom-light: #d27164;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b22e2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.765,
    "s": 61.818,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50774,
    "c": 0.16946,
    "h": 27
  },
  "luminance": 0.11586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B22E2A

secondary

#71C4C7

accent

#E0E543

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160805

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B22E2A

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

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