#B22E43#B22E43

#B22E43 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.168 H 16.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B22E43
RGB	rgb(178, 46, 67)
HSL	hsl(350, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(350, 74%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.2%, 62.4%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.94, 53.70, 19.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.94, 57.28, 20.36°)
OKLab	oklab(51.18% 0.1604 0.0483)
OKLCH	oklch(51.18% 0.168 16.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.3523, 11.8272, 6.5203)
Luminance	0.1182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B22E43 #2EB29D

analogous

#B22E85 #B22E43 #B25B2E

triadic

#B22E43 #43B22E #2E43B2

tetradic

#B22E43 #85B22E #2EB29D #5B2EB2

square

#B22E43 #85B22E #2EB29D #5B2EB2

split-complementary

#B22E43 #2EB25B #2E85B2

monochromatic

#51151E #812131 #B22E43 #D14C61 #DD7D8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.24

#B22E43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.36

#B22E43 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B22E43

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B22E43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B22E43	1.00	6.24	3.36	6.24
#FFFFFF	6.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524F43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746B3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C30037

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b22e43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 46, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.168 16.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d07176',
    500: '#b22e43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b22e43;
$custom-light: #d07176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b22e43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.455,
    "s": 58.929,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51184,
    "c": 0.16752,
    "h": 16.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B22E43

secondary

#76C6B9

accent

#E2C946

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B22E43

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

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