#A2272C#A2272C

#A2272C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 47.3% C 0.159 H 23.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A2272C
RGB	rgb(162, 39, 44)
HSL	hsl(358, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(358, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.9%, 72.8%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.59, 49.88, 28.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.59, 57.25, 29.39°)
OKLab	oklab(47.26% 0.1455 0.0642)
OKLCH	oklch(47.26% 0.159 23.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.0823, 9.3167, 3.3339)
Luminance	0.0931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A2272C #27A29D

analogous

#A2276A #A2272C #A26027

triadic

#A2272C #2CA227 #272CA2

tetradic

#A2272C #6AA227 #27A29D #6027A2

square

#A2272C #6AA227 #27A29D #6027A2

split-complementary

#A2272C #27A260 #276AA2

monochromatic

#3F0F11 #711B1F #A2272C #CF373D #DB696D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.34

#A2272C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.86

#A2272C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A2272C

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A2272C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A2272C	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)

#4B452B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6028

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a2272c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 39, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.3% 0.159 23.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66c65',
    500: '#a2272c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a2272c;
$custom-light: #c66c65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a2272c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.561,
    "s": 61.194,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47264,
    "c": 0.15899,
    "h": 23.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A2272C

secondary

#64C1BD

accent

#E4DE43

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140705

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A2272C

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

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