#A22538#A22538

#A22538 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 47.3% C 0.160 H 17.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A22538
RGB	rgb(162, 37, 56)
HSL	hsl(351, 63%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(351, 77%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.2%, 65.4%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.54, 51.19, 20.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.54, 55.16, 21.87°)
OKLab	oklab(47.29% 0.1523 0.0491)
OKLCH	oklch(47.29% 0.16 17.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.2774, 9.2925, 4.6771)
Luminance	0.0929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A22538 #25A28F

analogous

#A22577 #A22538 #A25125

triadic

#A22538 #38A225 #2538A2

tetradic

#A22538 #77A225 #25A28F #5125A2

square

#A22538 #77A225 #25A28F #5125A2

split-complementary

#A22538 #25A251 #2577A2

monochromatic

#3E0E16 #701A27 #A22538 #D1344B #DC6577

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.35

#A22538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.86

#A22538 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A22538

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A22538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A22538	1.00	7.35	2.86	7.35
#FFFFFF	7.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494538

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#685F34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a22538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 37, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.3% 0.160 17.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c56b6e',
    500: '#a22538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a22538;
$custom-light: #c56b6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a22538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.88,
    "s": 62.814,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47293,
    "c": 0.16002,
    "h": 17.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A22538

secondary

#61C2B3

accent

#E6CD42

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140707

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A22538

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

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