#A22240#A22240

#A22240 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 47.2% C 0.163 H 13.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A22240
RGB	rgb(162, 34, 64)
HSL	hsl(346, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(346, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79%, 60.5%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.36, 52.65, 15.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.36, 54.80, 16.10°)
OKLab	oklab(47.21% 0.1586 0.0374)
OKLCH	oklch(47.21% 0.163 13.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.3994, 9.1980, 5.7614)
Luminance	0.0920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A22240 #22A284

analogous

#A22280 #A22240 #A24422

triadic

#A22240 #40A222 #2240A2

tetradic

#A22240 #80A222 #22A284 #4422A2

square

#A22240 #80A222 #22A284 #4422A2

split-complementary

#A22240 #22A244 #2280A2

monochromatic

#3D0D18 #6F172C #A22240 #D32E55 #DE617E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.40

#A22240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.84

#A22240 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A22240

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A22240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A22240	1.00	7.40	2.84	7.40
#FFFFFF	7.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#464540

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#675F3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a22240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 34, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.2% 0.163 13.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c46a74',
    500: '#a22240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a22240;
$custom-light: #c46a74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a22240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.938,
    "s": 65.306,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47213,
    "c": 0.16294,
    "h": 13.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A22240

secondary

#5DC3AB

accent

#E8C140

background

#FCF6F7

surface

#F9ECED

border

#D2C7C8

text

#140708

muted

#827A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A22240

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

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