#A22224#A22224

#A22224 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 46.7% C 0.164 H 25.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A22224
RGB	rgb(162, 34, 36)
HSL	hsl(359, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(359, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79%, 77.8%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.90, 51.18, 32.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.90, 60.44, 32.13°)
OKLab	oklab(46.72% 0.1478 0.071)
OKLCH	oklch(46.72% 0.164 25.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.7926, 8.9553, 2.5657)
Luminance	0.0895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A22224 #22A2A0

analogous

#A22264 #A22224 #A26022

triadic

#A22224 #24A222 #2224A2

tetradic

#A22224 #64A222 #22A2A0 #6022A2

square

#A22224 #64A222 #22A2A0 #6022A2

split-complementary

#A22224 #22A260 #2264A2

monochromatic

#3D0D0E #6F1719 #A22224 #D32E31 #DE6163

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.53

#A22224 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.79

#A22224 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A22224

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A22224	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A22224	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)

#4A4322

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#695E1F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B30025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a22224;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 34, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.7% 0.164 25.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6695f',
    500: '#a22224',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a22224;
$custom-light: #c6695f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a22224",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.063,
    "s": 65.306,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46719,
    "c": 0.16399,
    "h": 25.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A22224

secondary

#5DC3C1

accent

#E8E640

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#150704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A22224

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

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