#B22E39#B22E39

#B22E39 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.168 H 21.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B22E39
RGB	rgb(178, 46, 57)
HSL	hsl(355, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(355, 74%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.2%, 68%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.76, 53.11, 25.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.76, 59.09, 25.99°)
OKLab	oklab(51% 0.1565 0.0607)
OKLCH	oklch(51% 0.168 21.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.0778, 11.7174, 5.0746)
Luminance	0.1171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B22E39 #2EB2A7

analogous

#B22E7B #B22E39 #B2652E

triadic

#B22E39 #39B22E #2E39B2

tetradic

#B22E39 #7BB22E #2EB2A7 #652EB2

square

#B22E39 #7BB22E #2EB2A7 #652EB2

split-complementary

#B22E39 #2EB265 #2E7BB2

monochromatic

#51151A #812129 #B22E39 #D14C57 #DD7D85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.28

#B22E39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.34

#B22E39 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B22E39

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B22E39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B22E39	1.00	6.28	3.34	6.28
#FFFFFF	6.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#544E38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756A35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C40033

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b22e39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 46, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.168 21.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1716f',
    500: '#b22e39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b22e39;
$custom-light: #d1716f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b22e39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355,
    "s": 58.929,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50995,
    "c": 0.16784,
    "h": 21.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B22E39

secondary

#76C6BF

accent

#E2D546

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEC

border

#D4C8C7

text

#150807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B22E39

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →