#A22727#A22727

#A22727 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 47.2% C 0.160 H 25.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A22727
RGB	rgb(162, 39, 39)
HSL	hsl(0, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(0, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.9%, 75.9%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.52, 49.66, 31.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.52, 58.56, 32.01°)
OKLab	oklab(47.19% 0.1437 0.0695)
OKLCH	oklch(47.19% 0.16 25.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.9939, 9.2814, 2.8684)
Luminance	0.0928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A22727 #27A2A2

analogous

#A22765 #A22727 #A26527

triadic

#A22727 #27A227 #2727A2

tetradic

#A22727 #65A227 #27A2A2 #6527A2

square

#A22727 #65A227 #27A2A2 #6527A2

split-complementary

#A22727 #27A265 #2765A2

monochromatic

#3F0F0F #711B1B #A22727 #CF3737 #DB6969

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.35

#A22727 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.86

#A22727 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A22727

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A22727	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A22727	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)

#4C4526

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6022

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B30029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a22727;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 39, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.2% 0.160 25.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66b61',
    500: '#a22727',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a22727;
$custom-light: #c66b61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a22727",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 61.194,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47194,
    "c": 0.15956,
    "h": 25.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A22727

secondary

#64C1C1

accent

#E4E443

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECEA

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140705

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A22727

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

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