#B22E2F#B22E2F

#B22E2F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.169 H 25.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B22E2F
RGB	rgb(178, 46, 47)
HSL	hsl(360, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(360, 74%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.2%, 73.6%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.62, 52.62, 31.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.62, 61.46, 31.11°)
OKLab	oklab(50.84% 0.1527 0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(50.84% 0.169 25.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.8525, 11.6272, 3.8877)
Luminance	0.1162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B22E2F #2EB2B1

analogous

#B22E71 #B22E2F #B26F2E

triadic

#B22E2F #2FB22E #2E2FB2

tetradic

#B22E2F #71B22E #2EB2B1 #6F2EB2

square

#B22E2F #71B22E #2EB2B1 #6F2EB2

split-complementary

#B22E2F #2EB26F #2E71B2

monochromatic

#511515 #812122 #B22E2F #D14C4D #DD7D7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.32

#B22E2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.32

#B22E2F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B22E2F

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B22E2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B22E2F	1.00	6.32	3.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	6.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#554E2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766A2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C40030

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b22e2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 46, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.169 25.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17168',
    500: '#b22e2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b22e2f;
$custom-light: #d17168;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b22e2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.545,
    "s": 58.929,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5084,
    "c": 0.16881,
    "h": 25.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B22E2F

secondary

#76C6C5

accent

#E2E146

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160806

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B22E2F

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

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