#A22242#A22242

#A22242 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 47.3% C 0.163 H 12.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A22242
RGB	rgb(162, 34, 66)
HSL	hsl(345, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(345, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79%, 59.3%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.41, 52.79, 13.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.41, 54.61, 14.82°)
OKLab	oklab(47.26% 0.1594 0.0347)
OKLCH	oklch(47.26% 0.163 12.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.4573, 9.2212, 6.0665)
Luminance	0.0922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A22242 #22A282

analogous

#A22282 #A22242 #A24222

triadic

#A22242 #42A222 #2242A2

tetradic

#A22242 #82A222 #22A282 #4222A2

square

#A22242 #82A222 #22A282 #4222A2

split-complementary

#A22242 #22A242 #2282A2

monochromatic

#3D0D19 #6F172D #A22242 #D32E57 #DE6180

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.38

#A22242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.84

#A22242 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A22242

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A22242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A22242	1.00	7.38	2.84	7.38
#FFFFFF	7.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#464542

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#665F3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B20030

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a22242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 34, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.3% 0.163 12.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c46a76',
    500: '#a22242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a22242;
$custom-light: #c46a76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a22242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345,
    "s": 65.306,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47259,
    "c": 0.16312,
    "h": 12.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A22242

secondary

#5DC3A9

accent

#E8BE40

background

#FCF6F7

surface

#F9ECED

border

#D2C7C8

text

#140708

muted

#827A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A22242

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

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