#B22E35#B22E35

#B22E35 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.168 H 22.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B22E35
RGB	rgb(178, 46, 53)
HSL	hsl(357, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(357, 74%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.2%, 70.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.70, 52.90, 28.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.70, 59.98, 28.11°)
OKLab	oklab(50.93% 0.155 0.0654)
OKLCH	oklch(50.93% 0.168 22.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.9819, 11.6790, 4.5696)
Luminance	0.1168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B22E35 #2EB2AB

analogous

#B22E77 #B22E35 #B2692E

triadic

#B22E35 #35B22E #2E35B2

tetradic

#B22E35 #77B22E #2EB2AB #692EB2

square

#B22E35 #77B22E #2EB2AB #692EB2

split-complementary

#B22E35 #2EB269 #2E77B2

monochromatic

#511518 #812127 #B22E35 #D14C53 #DD7D82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.30

#B22E35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.34

#B22E35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B22E35

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B22E35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B22E35	1.00	6.30	3.34	6.30
#FFFFFF	6.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#544E34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756A31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C40032

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b22e35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 46, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.168 22.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1716c',
    500: '#b22e35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b22e35;
$custom-light: #d1716c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b22e35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.818,
    "s": 58.929,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50929,
    "c": 0.16817,
    "h": 22.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B22E35

secondary

#76C6C2

accent

#E2DA46

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEB

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B22E35

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

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