#B22E36#B22E36

#B22E36 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.168 H 22.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B22E36
RGB	rgb(178, 46, 54)
HSL	hsl(356, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(356, 74%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.2%, 69.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.72, 52.95, 27.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.72, 59.75, 27.59°)
OKLab	oklab(50.94% 0.1553 0.0642)
OKLCH	oklch(50.94% 0.168 22.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.0052, 11.6883, 4.6920)
Luminance	0.1168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B22E36 #2EB2AA

analogous

#B22E78 #B22E36 #B2682E

triadic

#B22E36 #36B22E #2E36B2

tetradic

#B22E36 #78B22E #2EB2AA #682EB2

square

#B22E36 #78B22E #2EB2AA #682EB2

split-complementary

#B22E36 #2EB268 #2E78B2

monochromatic

#511518 #812127 #B22E36 #D14C54 #DD7D83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.29

#B22E36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.34

#B22E36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B22E36

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B22E36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B22E36	1.00	6.29	3.34	6.29
#FFFFFF	6.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#544E35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756A32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C40032

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b22e36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 46, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.168 22.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1716d',
    500: '#b22e36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b22e36;
$custom-light: #d1716d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b22e36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.364,
    "s": 58.929,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50945,
    "c": 0.16808,
    "h": 22.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B22E36

secondary

#76C6C1

accent

#E2D946

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEB

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B22E36

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

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