#A22822#A22822

#A22822 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 47.2% C 0.159 H 27.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A22822
RGB	rgb(162, 40, 34)
HSL	hsl(3, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(3, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.3%, 79%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.59, 49.12, 34.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.59, 59.76, 34.72°)
OKLab	oklab(47.23% 0.1409 0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(47.23% 0.159 27.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.9497, 9.3170, 2.4716)
Luminance	0.0931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A22822 #229CA2

analogous

#A2225C #A22822 #A26822

triadic

#A22822 #22A228 #2822A2

tetradic

#A22822 #5CA222 #229CA2 #6822A2

square

#A22822 #5CA222 #229CA2 #6822A2

split-complementary

#A22822 #22A268 #225CA2

monochromatic

#3D0F0D #6F1C17 #A22822 #D3362E #DE6761

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.34

#A22822 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.86

#A22822 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A22822

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A22822	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A22822	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)

#4D4520

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B601D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B30028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a22822;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 40, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.2% 0.159 27.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66c5e',
    500: '#a22822',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a22822;
$custom-light: #c66c5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a22822",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.813,
    "s": 65.306,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47225,
    "c": 0.15939,
    "h": 27.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A22822

secondary

#5DBEC3

accent

#E0E840

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#150704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A22822

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

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