#A22525#A22525

#A22525 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 47.0% C 0.161 H 26.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A22525
RGB	rgb(162, 37, 37)
HSL	hsl(0, 63%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(0, 77%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.2%, 77.2%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.25, 50.26, 31.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.25, 59.55, 32.43°)
OKLab	oklab(46.99% 0.1451 0.0709)
OKLCH	oklch(46.99% 0.161 26)
XYZ	xyz(15.8977, 9.1406, 2.6771)
Luminance	0.0914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A22525 #25A2A2

analogous

#A22564 #A22525 #A26425

triadic

#A22525 #25A225 #2525A2

tetradic

#A22525 #64A225 #25A2A2 #6425A2

square

#A22525 #64A225 #25A2A2 #6425A2

split-complementary

#A22525 #25A264 #2564A2

monochromatic

#3E0E0E #701A1A #A22525 #D13434 #DC6565

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.43

#A22525 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.83

#A22525 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A22525

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A22525	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A22525	1.00	7.43	2.83	7.43
#FFFFFF	7.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4423

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A5F20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B30027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a22525;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 37, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.0% 0.161 26.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66b60',
    500: '#a22525',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a22525;
$custom-light: #c66b60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a22525",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 62.814,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46987,
    "c": 0.16148,
    "h": 26
  },
  "luminance": 0.09138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A22525

secondary

#61C2C2

accent

#E6E642

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#150705

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A22525

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

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