#A22527#A22527

#A22527 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 47.0% C 0.161 H 25.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A22527
RGB	rgb(162, 37, 39)
HSL	hsl(359, 63%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(359, 77%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.2%, 75.9%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.28, 50.34, 30.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.28, 59.00, 31.44°)
OKLab	oklab(47.01% 0.1458 0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(47.01% 0.161 25.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.9299, 9.1535, 2.8471)
Luminance	0.0915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A22527 #25A2A0

analogous

#A22566 #A22527 #A26225

triadic

#A22527 #27A225 #2527A2

tetradic

#A22527 #66A225 #25A2A0 #6225A2

square

#A22527 #66A225 #25A2A0 #6225A2

split-complementary

#A22527 #25A262 #2566A2

monochromatic

#3E0E0F #701A1B #A22527 #D13436 #DC6567

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.42

#A22527 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.83

#A22527 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A22527

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A22527	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A22527	1.00	7.42	2.83	7.42
#FFFFFF	7.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4426

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A5F22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B30027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a22527;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 37, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.0% 0.161 25.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66b61',
    500: '#a22527',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a22527;
$custom-light: #c66b61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a22527",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.04,
    "s": 62.814,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47013,
    "c": 0.16123,
    "h": 25.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A22527

secondary

#61C2C0

accent

#E6E342

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECEA

border

#D3C7C6

text

#150705

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A22527

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

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