#A22542#A22542

#A22542 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.160 H 12.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A22542
RGB	rgb(162, 37, 66)
HSL	hsl(346, 63%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(346, 77%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.2%, 59.3%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.74, 51.84, 14.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.74, 53.81, 15.55°)
OKLab	oklab(47.51% 0.1563 0.0357)
OKLCH	oklch(47.51% 0.16 12.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.5469, 9.4003, 6.0963)
Luminance	0.0940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A22542 #25A285

analogous

#A22581 #A22542 #A24725

triadic

#A22542 #42A225 #2542A2

tetradic

#A22542 #81A225 #25A285 #4725A2

square

#A22542 #81A225 #25A285 #4725A2

split-complementary

#A22542 #25A247 #2581A2

monochromatic

#3E0E19 #701A2E #A22542 #D13458 #DC6581

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.29

#A22542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.88

#A22542 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A22542

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A22542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A22542	1.00	7.29	2.88	7.29
#FFFFFF	7.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#474642

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#67603F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B20031

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a22542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 37, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.160 12.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c46b76',
    500: '#a22542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a22542;
$custom-light: #c46b76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a22542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.08,
    "s": 62.814,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47509,
    "c": 0.16037,
    "h": 12.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A22542

secondary

#61C2AB

accent

#E6C042

background

#FCF6F7

surface

#F9ECED

border

#D2C7C8

text

#140708

muted

#827A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A22542

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

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