#A2272A#A2272A

#A2272A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 47.2% C 0.159 H 24.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A2272A
RGB	rgb(162, 39, 42)
HSL	hsl(359, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(359, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.9%, 74.1%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.56, 49.79, 29.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.56, 57.76, 30.46°)
OKLab	oklab(47.24% 0.1447 0.0663)
OKLCH	oklch(47.24% 0.159 24.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.0456, 9.3021, 3.1406)
Luminance	0.0930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A2272A #27A29F

analogous

#A22767 #A2272A #A26227

triadic

#A2272A #2AA227 #272AA2

tetradic

#A2272A #67A227 #27A29F #6227A2

square

#A2272A #67A227 #27A29F #6227A2

split-complementary

#A2272A #27A262 #2767A2

monochromatic

#3F0F10 #711B1D #A2272A #CF373B #DB696B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.34

#A2272A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.86

#A2272A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A2272A

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A2272A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A2272A	1.00	7.34	2.86	7.34
#FFFFFF	7.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4529

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6026

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a2272a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 39, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.2% 0.159 24.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66c64',
    500: '#a2272a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a2272a;
$custom-light: #c66c64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a2272a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.537,
    "s": 61.194,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47235,
    "c": 0.1592,
    "h": 24.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A2272A

secondary

#64C1BF

accent

#E4E043

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECEA

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140705

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A2272A

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

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