#B22E40#B22E40

#B22E40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.168 H 18.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B22E40
RGB	rgb(178, 46, 64)
HSL	hsl(352, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(352, 74%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.2%, 64%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.88, 53.51, 21.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.88, 57.75, 22.09°)
OKLab	oklab(51.12% 0.1592 0.0522)
OKLCH	oklch(51.12% 0.168 18.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.2646, 11.7921, 6.0585)
Luminance	0.1179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B22E40 #2EB2A0

analogous

#B22E82 #B22E40 #B25E2E

triadic

#B22E40 #40B22E #2E40B2

tetradic

#B22E40 #82B22E #2EB2A0 #5E2EB2

square

#B22E40 #82B22E #2EB2A0 #5E2EB2

split-complementary

#B22E40 #2EB25E #2E82B2

monochromatic

#51151D #81212F #B22E40 #D14C5E #DD7D8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.25

#B22E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.36

#B22E40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B22E40

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B22E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B22E40	1.00	6.25	3.36	6.25
#FFFFFF	6.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534F40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746A3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C30036

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b22e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 46, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.168 18.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d07174',
    500: '#b22e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b22e40;
$custom-light: #d07174;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b22e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.818,
    "s": 58.929,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51124,
    "c": 0.16754,
    "h": 18.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B22E40

secondary

#76C6BB

accent

#E2CD46

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B22E40

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

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