#B22F29#B22F29

#B22F29 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.169 H 27.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B22F29
RGB	rgb(178, 47, 41)
HSL	hsl(3, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(3, 77%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.6%, 77%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.67, 52.02, 35.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.67, 62.87, 34.17°)
OKLab	oklab(50.86% 0.1495 0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(50.86% 0.169 27.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.7792, 11.6612, 3.3068)
Luminance	0.1166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B22F29 #29ACB2

analogous

#B22967 #B22F29 #B27429

triadic

#B22F29 #29B22F #2F29B2

tetradic

#B22F29 #67B229 #29ACB2 #7429B2

square

#B22F29 #67B229 #29ACB2 #7429B2

split-complementary

#B22F29 #29B274 #2967B2

monochromatic

#4F1512 #80221E #B22F29 #D44B44 #DF7B76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.30

#B22F29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.33

#B22F29 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B22F29

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B22F29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B22F29	1.00	6.30	3.33	6.30
#FFFFFF	6.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#564E27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776A24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b22f29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 47, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.169 27.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d27163',
    500: '#b22f29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b22f29;
$custom-light: #d27163;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b22f29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.628,
    "s": 62.557,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50858,
    "c": 0.16873,
    "h": 27.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B22F29

secondary

#70C3C7

accent

#DEE642

background

#FEF7F5

surface

#FCEDEA

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160805

muted

#847B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B22F29

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

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