#B22F27#B22F27

#B22F27 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.169 H 28.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B22F27
RGB	rgb(178, 47, 39)
HSL	hsl(3, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(3, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.6%, 78.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.65, 51.94, 36.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.65, 63.44, 35.04°)
OKLab	oklab(50.83% 0.1489 0.08)
OKLCH	oklch(50.83% 0.169 28.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.7451, 11.6476, 3.1276)
Luminance	0.1164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B22F27 #27AAB2

analogous

#B22765 #B22F27 #B27427

triadic

#B22F27 #27B22F #2F27B2

tetradic

#B22F27 #65B227 #27AAB2 #7427B2

square

#B22F27 #65B227 #27AAB2 #7427B2

split-complementary

#B22F27 #27B274 #2765B2

monochromatic

#4E1411 #80221C #B22F27 #D54941 #E07973

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.31

#B22F27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.33

#B22F27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B22F27

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B22F27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B22F27	1.00	6.31	3.33	6.31
#FFFFFF	6.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#564E25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776A22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b22f27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 47, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.169 28.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27162',
    500: '#b22f27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b22f27;
$custom-light: #d27162;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b22f27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.453,
    "s": 64.055,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50834,
    "c": 0.16903,
    "h": 28.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B22F27

secondary

#6DC2C8

accent

#DDE741

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FCEDEA

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160805

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B22F27

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

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