#B22E4E#B22E4E

#B22E4E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.168 H 11.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#B22E4E
RGBrgb(178, 46, 78)
HSLhsl(345, 59%, 44%)
HSVhsv(345, 74%, 70%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 74.2%, 56.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LABlab(41.17, 54.46, 13.34)
CIE-LCHlch(41.17, 56.08, 13.76°)
OKLaboklab(51.43% 0.1648 0.0335)
OKLCHoklch(51.43% 0.168 11.5)
XYZxyz(20.7142, 11.9720, 8.4263)
Luminance0.1197 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#B22E4E #2EB292
analogous
#B22E90 #B22E4E #B2502E
triadic
#B22E4E #4EB22E #2E4EB2
tetradic
#B22E4E #90B22E #2EB292 #502EB2
square
#B22E4E #90B22E #2EB292 #502EB2
split-complementary
#B22E4E #2EB250 #2E90B2
monochromatic
#511523 #812139 #B22E4E #D14C6C #DD7D94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.19
#B22E4E on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.39
#B22E4E on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B22E4E
6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##B22E4E#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##B22E4E1.006.193.396.19
#FFFFFF6.191.0021.001.00
#0000003.3921.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.191.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#50504E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#726B4B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C3063B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #b22e4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 46, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.168 11.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf727f',
    500: '#b22e4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #b22e4e;
$custom-light: #cf727f;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#b22e4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.455,
    "s": 58.929,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5143,
    "c": 0.16814,
    "h": 11.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#B22E4E
secondary
#76C6B3
accent
#E2BC46
background
#FDF7F7
surface
#FBEDEE
border
#D4C8C9
text
#15090A
muted
#837B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B22E4E

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

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#B22E4E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva