#A22738#A22738

#A22738 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.158 H 18.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A22738
RGB	rgb(162, 39, 56)
HSL	hsl(352, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(352, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.9%, 65.4%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.78, 50.52, 20.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.78, 54.65, 22.43°)
OKLab	oklab(47.47% 0.1501 0.0498)
OKLCH	oklch(47.47% 0.158 18.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.3414, 9.4204, 4.6985)
Luminance	0.0942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A22738 #27A291

analogous

#A22776 #A22738 #A25327

triadic

#A22738 #38A227 #2738A2

tetradic

#A22738 #76A227 #27A291 #5327A2

square

#A22738 #76A227 #27A291 #5327A2

split-complementary

#A22738 #27A253 #2776A2

monochromatic

#3F0F16 #711B27 #A22738 #CF374C #DB6978

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.28

#A22738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.88

#A22738 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A22738

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A22738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A22738	1.00	7.28	2.88	7.28
#FFFFFF	7.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4638

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#696034

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2002E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a22738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 39, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.158 18.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c56c6e',
    500: '#a22738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a22738;
$custom-light: #c56c6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a22738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.707,
    "s": 61.194,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47471,
    "c": 0.15819,
    "h": 18.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A22738

secondary

#64C1B4

accent

#E4CE43

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140707

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A22738

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

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