#A22223#A22223

#A22223 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 46.7% C 0.164 H 26.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A22223
RGB	rgb(162, 34, 35)
HSL	hsl(360, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(360, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79%, 78.4%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.89, 51.14, 32.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.89, 60.71, 32.61°)
OKLab	oklab(46.71% 0.1475 0.072)
OKLCH	oklch(46.71% 0.164 26)
XYZ	xyz(15.7776, 8.9493, 2.4864)
Luminance	0.0895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A22223 #22A2A1

analogous

#A22263 #A22223 #A26122

triadic

#A22223 #23A222 #2223A2

tetradic

#A22223 #63A222 #22A2A1 #6122A2

square

#A22223 #63A222 #22A2A1 #6122A2

split-complementary

#A22223 #22A261 #2263A2

monochromatic

#3D0D0D #6F1718 #A22223 #D32E2F #DE6162

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.53

#A22223 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.79

#A22223 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A22223

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A22223	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A22223	1.00	7.53	2.79	7.53
#FFFFFF	7.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4321

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#695E1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B30024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a22223;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 34, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.7% 0.164 26.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6695e',
    500: '#a22223',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a22223;
$custom-light: #c6695e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a22223",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.531,
    "s": 65.306,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46707,
    "c": 0.1641,
    "h": 26
  },
  "luminance": 0.08947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A22223

secondary

#5DC3C2

accent

#E8E740

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#150704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A22223

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

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