#B22E42#B22E42

#B22E42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.168 H 17.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B22E42
RGB	rgb(178, 46, 66)
HSL	hsl(351, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(351, 74%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.2%, 62.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.92, 53.64, 20.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.92, 57.43, 20.94°)
OKLab	oklab(51.16% 0.16 0.0496)
OKLCH	oklch(51.16% 0.168 17.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.3226, 11.8153, 6.3637)
Luminance	0.1181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B22E42 #2EB29E

analogous

#B22E84 #B22E42 #B25C2E

triadic

#B22E42 #42B22E #2E42B2

tetradic

#B22E42 #84B22E #2EB29E #5C2EB2

square

#B22E42 #84B22E #2EB29E #5C2EB2

split-complementary

#B22E42 #2EB25C #2E84B2

monochromatic

#51151E #812130 #B22E42 #D14C60 #DD7D8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.25

#B22E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.36

#B22E42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B22E42

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B22E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B22E42	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)

#524F42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746B3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C30037

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b22e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 46, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.168 17.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d07176',
    500: '#b22e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b22e42;
$custom-light: #d07176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b22e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.909,
    "s": 58.929,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51163,
    "c": 0.16752,
    "h": 17.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B22E42

secondary

#76C6BA

accent

#E2CA46

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B22E42

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

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