#B22E3E#B22E3E

#B22E3E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.168 H 19.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B22E3E
RGB	rgb(178, 46, 62)
HSL	hsl(353, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(353, 74%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.2%, 65.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.85, 53.39, 22.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.85, 58.10, 23.23°)
OKLab	oklab(51.09% 0.1584 0.0547)
OKLCH	oklch(51.09% 0.168 19)
XYZ	xyz(20.2087, 11.7698, 5.7642)
Luminance	0.1177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B22E3E #2EB2A2

analogous

#B22E80 #B22E3E #B2602E

triadic

#B22E3E #3EB22E #2E3EB2

tetradic

#B22E3E #80B22E #2EB2A2 #602EB2

square

#B22E3E #80B22E #2EB2A2 #602EB2

split-complementary

#B22E3E #2EB260 #2E80B2

monochromatic

#51151C #81212D #B22E3E #D14C5C #DD7D89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.26

#B22E3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#B22E3E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B22E3E

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B22E3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B22E3E	1.00	6.26	3.35	6.26
#FFFFFF	6.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534F3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746A3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C30035

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b22e3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 46, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.168 19.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d07173',
    500: '#b22e3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b22e3e;
$custom-light: #d07173;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b22e3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.727,
    "s": 58.929,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51085,
    "c": 0.16759,
    "h": 19
  },
  "luminance": 0.11767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B22E3E

secondary

#76C6BC

accent

#E2CF46

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEC

border

#D4C8C7

text

#150808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B22E3E

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

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