#A22740#A22740

#A22740 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.158 H 14.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A22740
RGB	rgb(162, 39, 64)
HSL	hsl(348, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(348, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.9%, 60.5%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.94, 51.04, 15.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.94, 53.48, 17.37°)
OKLab	oklab(47.64% 0.1534 0.0393)
OKLCH	oklch(47.64% 0.158 14.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.5529, 9.5050, 5.8125)
Luminance	0.0950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A22740 #27A289

analogous

#A2277E #A22740 #A24C27

triadic

#A22740 #40A227 #2740A2

tetradic

#A22740 #7EA227 #27A289 #4C27A2

square

#A22740 #7EA227 #27A289 #4C27A2

split-complementary

#A22740 #27A24C #277EA2

monochromatic

#3F0F19 #711B2D #A22740 #CF3756 #DB6980

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.24

#A22740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.90

#A22740 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A22740

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A22740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A22740	1.00	7.24	2.90	7.24
#FFFFFF	7.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494740

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#68603D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B20032

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a22740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 39, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.158 14.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c46c74',
    500: '#a22740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a22740;
$custom-light: #c46c74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a22740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.805,
    "s": 61.194,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47639,
    "c": 0.15831,
    "h": 14.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A22740

secondary

#64C1AE

accent

#E4C443

background

#FCF6F7

surface

#F9ECED

border

#D2C7C8

text

#140708

muted

#827A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A22740

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

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