#B22E33#B22E33

#B22E33 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.168 H 23.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B22E33
RGB	rgb(178, 46, 51)
HSL	hsl(358, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(358, 74%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.2%, 71.3%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.67, 52.81, 29.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.67, 60.45, 29.13°)
OKLab	oklab(50.9% 0.1542 0.0676)
OKLCH	oklch(50.9% 0.168 23.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.9369, 11.6610, 4.3324)
Luminance	0.1166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B22E33 #2EB2AD

analogous

#B22E75 #B22E33 #B26B2E

triadic

#B22E33 #33B22E #2E33B2

tetradic

#B22E33 #75B22E #2EB2AD #6B2EB2

square

#B22E33 #75B22E #2EB2AD #6B2EB2

split-complementary

#B22E33 #2EB26B #2E75B2

monochromatic

#511517 #812125 #B22E33 #D14C51 #DD7D81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.30

#B22E33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.33

#B22E33 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B22E33

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B22E33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B22E33	1.00	6.30	3.33	6.30
#FFFFFF	6.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#554E32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756A2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C40031

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b22e33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 46, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.168 23.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1716b',
    500: '#b22e33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b22e33;
$custom-light: #d1716b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b22e33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.727,
    "s": 58.929,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50898,
    "c": 0.16836,
    "h": 23.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B22E33

secondary

#76C6C3

accent

#E2DC46

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEB

border

#D4C8C6

text

#160806

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B22E33

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

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