#A22823#A22823

#A22823 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 47.2% C 0.159 H 27.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A22823
RGB	rgb(162, 40, 35)
HSL	hsl(2, 64%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(2, 78%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.3%, 78.4%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.60, 49.15, 33.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.60, 59.47, 34.26°)
OKLab	oklab(47.24% 0.1412 0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(47.24% 0.159 27.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.9643, 9.3228, 2.5487)
Luminance	0.0932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A22823 #239DA2

analogous

#A2235D #A22823 #A26723

triadic

#A22823 #23A228 #2823A2

tetradic

#A22823 #5DA223 #239DA2 #6723A2

square

#A22823 #5DA223 #239DA2 #6723A2

split-complementary

#A22823 #23A267 #235DA2

monochromatic

#3D0F0D #701C18 #A22823 #D23630 #DD6762

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.33

#A22823 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.86

#A22823 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A22823

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A22823	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A22823	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)

#4D4521

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B601E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B30028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a22823;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 40, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.2% 0.159 27.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66c5e',
    500: '#a22823',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a22823;
$custom-light: #c66c5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a22823",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.362,
    "s": 64.467,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47237,
    "c": 0.15924,
    "h": 27.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A22823

secondary

#5EBEC2

accent

#E1E740

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#150704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A22823

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

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