#A22442#A22442

#A22442 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 47.4% C 0.161 H 12.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A22442
RGB	rgb(162, 36, 66)
HSL	hsl(346, 64%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(346, 78%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.8%, 59.3%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.63, 52.17, 14.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.63, 54.08, 15.30°)
OKLab	oklab(47.42% 0.1574 0.0354)
OKLCH	oklch(47.42% 0.161 12.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.5162, 9.3389, 6.0861)
Luminance	0.0934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A22442 #24A284

analogous

#A22481 #A22442 #A24524

triadic

#A22442 #42A224 #2442A2

tetradic

#A22442 #81A224 #24A284 #4524A2

square

#A22442 #81A224 #24A284 #4524A2

split-complementary

#A22442 #24A245 #2481A2

monochromatic

#3E0E19 #70192E #A22442 #D13258 #DD6481

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.32

#A22442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.87

#A22442 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A22442

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A22442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A22442	1.00	7.32	2.87	7.32
#FFFFFF	7.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#474642

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#675F3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B20031

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a22442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 36, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.4% 0.161 12.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c46b76',
    500: '#a22442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a22442;
$custom-light: #c46b76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a22442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.714,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47423,
    "c": 0.1613,
    "h": 12.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A22442

secondary

#60C2AB

accent

#E7BF41

background

#FCF6F7

surface

#F9ECED

border

#D2C7C8

text

#140708

muted

#827A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A22442

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

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