#B22E3D#B22E3D

#B22E3D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.168 H 19.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B22E3D
RGB	rgb(178, 46, 61)
HSL	hsl(353, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(353, 74%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.2%, 65.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.83, 53.33, 23.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.83, 58.29, 23.79°)
OKLab	oklab(51.07% 0.158 0.0559)
OKLCH	oklch(51.07% 0.168 19.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.1816, 11.7589, 5.6210)
Luminance	0.1176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B22E3D #2EB2A3

analogous

#B22E7F #B22E3D #B2612E

triadic

#B22E3D #3DB22E #2E3DB2

tetradic

#B22E3D #7FB22E #2EB2A3 #612EB2

square

#B22E3D #7FB22E #2EB2A3 #612EB2

split-complementary

#B22E3D #2EB261 #2E7FB2

monochromatic

#51151C #81212C #B22E3D #D14C5B #DD7D88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.27

#B22E3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#B22E3D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B22E3D

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B22E3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B22E3D	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)

#534E3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756A39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C30035

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b22e3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 46, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.168 19.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d07172',
    500: '#b22e3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b22e3d;
$custom-light: #d07172;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b22e3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.182,
    "s": 58.929,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51067,
    "c": 0.16763,
    "h": 19.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B22E3D

secondary

#76C6BD

accent

#E2D046

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEC

border

#D4C8C7

text

#150808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B22E3D

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

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