#B2422E#B2422E

#B2422E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.150 H 32.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2422E
RGB	rgb(178, 66, 46)
HSL	hsl(9, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(9, 74%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.9%, 74.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.60, 44.44, 35.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.60, 56.99, 38.76°)
OKLab	oklab(53.07% 0.1269 0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(53.07% 0.15 32.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.8037, 13.5616, 4.1064)
Luminance	0.1356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2422E #2E9EB2

analogous

#B22E5C #B2422E #B2842E

triadic

#B2422E #2EB242 #422EB2

tetradic

#B2422E #5CB22E #2E9EB2 #842EB2

square

#B2422E #5CB22E #2E9EB2 #842EB2

split-complementary

#B2422E #2EB284 #2E5CB2

monochromatic

#511E15 #813021 #B2422E #D1604C #DD8C7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.66

#B2422E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.71

#B2422E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B2422E

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2422E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B2422E	1.00	5.66	3.71	5.66
#FFFFFF	5.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#61582B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D702A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4273E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2422e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 66, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.150 32.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17b68',
    500: '#b2422e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2422e;
$custom-light: #d17b68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2422e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.091,
    "s": 58.929,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53069,
    "c": 0.15008,
    "h": 32.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2422E

secondary

#76BAC6

accent

#CAE246

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEEEB

border

#D4C9C6

text

#150A06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2422E

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

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