#A22827#A22827

#A22827 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 47.3% C 0.159 H 26.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A22827
RGB	rgb(162, 40, 39)
HSL	hsl(0, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(0, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.3%, 75.9%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.65, 49.31, 31.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.65, 58.34, 32.31°)
OKLab	oklab(47.29% 0.1426 0.0698)
OKLCH	oklch(47.29% 0.159 26.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.0272, 9.3479, 2.8795)
Luminance	0.0935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A22827 #27A1A2

analogous

#A22764 #A22827 #A26627

triadic

#A22827 #27A228 #2827A2

tetradic

#A22827 #64A227 #27A1A2 #6627A2

square

#A22827 #64A227 #27A1A2 #6627A2

split-complementary

#A22827 #27A266 #2764A2

monochromatic

#3F100F #711C1B #A22827 #CF3937 #DB6A69

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.32

#A22827 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.87

#A22827 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A22827

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A22827	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A22827	1.00	7.32	2.87	7.32
#FFFFFF	7.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4525

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6022

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B30029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a22827;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 40, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.3% 0.159 26.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66c61',
    500: '#a22827',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a22827;
$custom-light: #c66c61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a22827",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.488,
    "s": 61.194,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47287,
    "c": 0.1587,
    "h": 26.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A22827

secondary

#64C0C1

accent

#E3E443

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECEA

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140705

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A22827

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

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