#B22E30#B22E30

#B22E30 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.169 H 24.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B22E30
RGB	rgb(178, 46, 48)
HSL	hsl(359, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(359, 74%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.2%, 73%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.63, 52.67, 31.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.63, 61.20, 30.63°)
OKLab	oklab(50.85% 0.1531 0.0708)
OKLCH	oklch(50.85% 0.169 24.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.8729, 11.6354, 3.9952)
Luminance	0.1163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B22E30 #2EB2B0

analogous

#B22E72 #B22E30 #B26E2E

triadic

#B22E30 #30B22E #2E30B2

tetradic

#B22E30 #72B22E #2EB2B0 #6E2EB2

square

#B22E30 #72B22E #2EB2B0 #6E2EB2

split-complementary

#B22E30 #2EB26E #2E72B2

monochromatic

#511516 #812123 #B22E30 #D14C4E #DD7D7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.31

#B22E30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.33

#B22E30 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B22E30

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B22E30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B22E30	1.00	6.31	3.33	6.31
#FFFFFF	6.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#554E2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766A2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C40030

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b22e30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 46, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.169 24.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17168',
    500: '#b22e30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b22e30;
$custom-light: #d17168;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b22e30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.091,
    "s": 58.929,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50854,
    "c": 0.16869,
    "h": 24.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B22E30

secondary

#76C6C5

accent

#E2E046

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160806

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B22E30

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

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