#B22F36#B22F36

#B22F36 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.167 H 22.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B22F36
RGB	rgb(178, 47, 54)
HSL	hsl(357, 58%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(357, 74%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.6%, 69.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.84, 52.60, 27.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.84, 59.50, 27.88°)
OKLab	oklab(51.04% 0.1542 0.0646)
OKLCH	oklch(51.04% 0.167 22.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.0447, 11.7674, 4.7052)
Luminance	0.1176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B22F36 #2FB2AB

analogous

#B22F78 #B22F36 #B26A2F

triadic

#B22F36 #36B22F #2F36B2

tetradic

#B22F36 #78B22F #2FB2AB #6A2FB2

square

#B22F36 #78B22F #2FB2AB #6A2FB2

split-complementary

#B22F36 #2FB26A #2F78B2

monochromatic

#511519 #822227 #B22F36 #D04E55 #DD7E83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.26

#B22F36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#B22F36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B22F36

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B22F36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B22F36	1.00	6.26	3.35	6.26
#FFFFFF	6.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#554E35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766A32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C40033

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b22f36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 47, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.167 22.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1726d',
    500: '#b22f36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b22f36;
$custom-light: #d1726d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b22f36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.794,
    "s": 58.222,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5104,
    "c": 0.16717,
    "h": 22.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B22F36

secondary

#77C6C2

accent

#E1D946

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEB

border

#D4C8C6

text

#150807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B22F36

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

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