#A2272B#A2272B

#A2272B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 47.2% C 0.159 H 24.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A2272B
RGB	rgb(162, 39, 43)
HSL	hsl(358, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(358, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.9%, 73.5%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.57, 49.83, 28.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.57, 57.50, 29.93°)
OKLab	oklab(47.25% 0.1451 0.0653)
OKLCH	oklch(47.25% 0.159 24.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.0637, 9.3093, 3.2361)
Luminance	0.0931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A2272B #27A29E

analogous

#A22769 #A2272B #A26127

triadic

#A2272B #2BA227 #272BA2

tetradic

#A2272B #69A227 #27A29E #6127A2

square

#A2272B #69A227 #27A29E #6127A2

split-complementary

#A2272B #27A261 #2769A2

monochromatic

#3F0F11 #711B1E #A2272B #CF373C #DB696C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.34

#A2272B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.86

#A2272B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A2272B

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A2272B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A2272B	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)

#4C452A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6027

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a2272b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 39, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.2% 0.159 24.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66c64',
    500: '#a2272b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a2272b;
$custom-light: #c66c64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a2272b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.049,
    "s": 61.194,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47249,
    "c": 0.1591,
    "h": 24.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A2272B

secondary

#64C1BE

accent

#E4DF43

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140705

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A2272B

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

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