#B22E31#B22E31

#B22E31 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.169 H 24.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B22E31
RGB	rgb(178, 46, 49)
HSL	hsl(359, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(359, 74%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.2%, 72.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.64, 52.71, 30.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.64, 60.95, 30.14°)
OKLab	oklab(50.87% 0.1535 0.0698)
OKLCH	oklch(50.87% 0.169 24.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.8937, 11.6438, 4.1051)
Luminance	0.1164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B22E31 #2EB2AF

analogous

#B22E73 #B22E31 #B26D2E

triadic

#B22E31 #31B22E #2E31B2

tetradic

#B22E31 #73B22E #2EB2AF #6D2EB2

square

#B22E31 #73B22E #2EB2AF #6D2EB2

split-complementary

#B22E31 #2EB26D #2E73B2

monochromatic

#511516 #812124 #B22E31 #D14C4F #DD7D7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.31

#B22E31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.33

#B22E31 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B22E31

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B22E31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B22E31	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)

#554E30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766A2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C40031

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b22e31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 46, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.169 24.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17169',
    500: '#b22e31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b22e31;
$custom-light: #d17169;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b22e31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.636,
    "s": 58.929,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50868,
    "c": 0.16858,
    "h": 24.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B22E31

secondary

#76C6C4

accent

#E2DF46

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160806

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B22E31

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

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