#B22E3B#B22E3B

#B22E3B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.168 H 20.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B22E3B
RGB	rgb(178, 46, 59)
HSL	hsl(354, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(354, 74%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.2%, 66.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.80, 53.22, 24.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.80, 58.68, 24.90°)
OKLab	oklab(51.03% 0.1573 0.0583)
OKLCH	oklch(51.03% 0.168 20.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.1287, 11.7377, 5.3425)
Luminance	0.1173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B22E3B #2EB2A5

analogous

#B22E7D #B22E3B #B2632E

triadic

#B22E3B #3BB22E #2E3BB2

tetradic

#B22E3B #7DB22E #2EB2A5 #632EB2

square

#B22E3B #7DB22E #2EB2A5 #632EB2

split-complementary

#B22E3B #2EB263 #2E7DB2

monochromatic

#51151B #81212B #B22E3B #D14C59 #DD7D86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.27

#B22E3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#B22E3B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B22E3B

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B22E3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B22E3B	1.00	6.27	3.35	6.27
#FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#544E3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756A37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C40034

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b22e3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 46, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.168 20.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17170',
    500: '#b22e3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b22e3b;
$custom-light: #d17170;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b22e3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.091,
    "s": 58.929,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5103,
    "c": 0.16772,
    "h": 20.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B22E3B

secondary

#76C6BE

accent

#E2D346

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEC

border

#D4C8C7

text

#150807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B22E3B

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

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