#A2272D#A2272D

#A2272D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 47.3% C 0.159 H 23.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A2272D
RGB	rgb(162, 39, 45)
HSL	hsl(357, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(357, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.9%, 72.2%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.60, 49.93, 27.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.60, 57.00, 28.85°)
OKLab	oklab(47.28% 0.1458 0.063)
OKLCH	oklch(47.28% 0.159 23.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.1013, 9.3244, 3.4341)
Luminance	0.0932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A2272D #27A29C

analogous

#A2276B #A2272D #A25F27

triadic

#A2272D #2DA227 #272DA2

tetradic

#A2272D #6BA227 #27A29C #5F27A2

square

#A2272D #6BA227 #27A29C #5F27A2

split-complementary

#A2272D #27A25F #276BA2

monochromatic

#3F0F12 #711B1F #A2272D #CF373F #DB696E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.33

#A2272D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.86

#A2272D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A2272D

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A2272D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A2272D	1.00	7.33	2.86	7.33
#FFFFFF	7.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B452C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6029

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a2272d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 39, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.3% 0.159 23.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c56c66',
    500: '#a2272d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a2272d;
$custom-light: #c56c66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a2272d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.073,
    "s": 61.194,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4728,
    "c": 0.15888,
    "h": 23.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A2272D

secondary

#64C1BC

accent

#E4DC43

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140705

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A2272D

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

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