#B22F38#B22F38

#B22F38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.167 H 21.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B22F38
RGB	rgb(178, 47, 56)
HSL	hsl(356, 58%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(356, 74%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.6%, 68.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.87, 52.70, 26.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.87, 59.05, 26.82°)
OKLab	oklab(51.07% 0.155 0.0623)
OKLCH	oklch(51.07% 0.167 21.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.0926, 11.7865, 4.9577)
Luminance	0.1178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B22F38 #2FB2A9

analogous

#B22F7A #B22F38 #B2682F

triadic

#B22F38 #38B22F #2F38B2

tetradic

#B22F38 #7AB22F #2FB2A9 #682FB2

square

#B22F38 #7AB22F #2FB2A9 #682FB2

split-complementary

#B22F38 #2FB268 #2F7AB2

monochromatic

#51151A #822229 #B22F38 #D04E57 #DD7E85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.26

#B22F38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.36

#B22F38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B22F38

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B22F38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B22F38	1.00	6.26	3.36	6.26
#FFFFFF	6.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#544F37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756B34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C40034

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b22f38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 47, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.167 21.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1726e',
    500: '#b22f38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b22f38;
$custom-light: #d1726e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b22f38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.878,
    "s": 58.222,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51073,
    "c": 0.167,
    "h": 21.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B22F38

secondary

#77C6C0

accent

#E1D746

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEC

border

#D4C8C7

text

#150807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B22F38

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

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