#B22E45#B22E45

#B22E45 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.168 H 15.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B22E45
RGB	rgb(178, 46, 69)
HSL	hsl(350, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(350, 74%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.2%, 61.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.98, 53.83, 18.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.98, 56.99, 19.18°)
OKLab	oklab(51.23% 0.1612 0.0457)
OKLCH	oklch(51.23% 0.168 15.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.4133, 11.8516, 6.8418)
Luminance	0.1185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B22E45 #2EB29B

analogous

#B22E87 #B22E45 #B2592E

triadic

#B22E45 #45B22E #2E45B2

tetradic

#B22E45 #87B22E #2EB29B #592EB2

square

#B22E45 #87B22E #2EB29B #592EB2

split-complementary

#B22E45 #2EB259 #2E87B2

monochromatic

#51151F #812132 #B22E45 #D14C63 #DD7D8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.23

#B22E45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.37

#B22E45 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B22E45

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B22E45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B22E45	1.00	6.23	3.37	6.23
#FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524F45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746B41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C30038

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b22e45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 46, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.168 15.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d07278',
    500: '#b22e45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b22e45;
$custom-light: #d07278;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b22e45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.545,
    "s": 58.929,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51225,
    "c": 0.16755,
    "h": 15.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B22E45

secondary

#76C6B8

accent

#E2C746

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FBEDED

border

#D4C8C8

text

#150809

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B22E45

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

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