#A02240#A02240

#A02240 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 46.8% C 0.161 H 12.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A02240
RGB	rgb(160, 34, 64)
HSL	hsl(346, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(346, 79%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.8%, 60%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.97, 52.07, 14.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.97, 54.07, 15.66°)
OKLab	oklab(46.85% 0.157 0.0361)
OKLCH	oklch(46.85% 0.161 12.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.9963, 8.9902, 5.7425)
Luminance	0.0899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A02240 #22A082

analogous

#A0227F #A02240 #A04322

triadic

#A02240 #40A022 #2240A0

tetradic

#A02240 #7FA022 #22A082 #4322A0

square

#A02240 #7FA022 #22A082 #4322A0

split-complementary

#A02240 #22A043 #227FA0

monochromatic

#3B0D18 #6E172C #A02240 #D22D54 #DD5F7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.51

#A02240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.80

#A02240 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A02240

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A02240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A02240	1.00	7.51	2.80	7.51
#FFFFFF	7.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#454440

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#655E3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a02240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 34, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.8% 0.161 12.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c36a74',
    500: '#a02240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a02240;
$custom-light: #c36a74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a02240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.714,
    "s": 64.948,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46848,
    "c": 0.16104,
    "h": 12.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A02240

secondary

#5CC2AA

accent

#E8C040

background

#FCF6F7

surface

#F9ECED

border

#D2C7C8

text

#140708

muted

#827A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A02240

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

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