#A22829#A22829

#A22829 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.3% C 0.158 H 25.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A22829
RGB	rgb(162, 40, 41)
HSL	hsl(360, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(360, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.3%, 74.7%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.67, 49.40, 30.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.67, 57.80, 31.28°)
OKLab	oklab(47.31% 0.1433 0.0677)
OKLCH	oklch(47.31% 0.158 25.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.0612, 9.3615, 3.0587)
Luminance	0.0936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A22829 #28A2A1

analogous

#A22866 #A22829 #A26428

triadic

#A22829 #29A228 #2829A2

tetradic

#A22829 #66A228 #28A2A1 #6428A2

square

#A22829 #66A228 #28A2A1 #6428A2

split-complementary

#A22829 #28A264 #2866A2

monochromatic

#401010 #711C1D #A22829 #CE393A #DA6A6B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.31

#A22829 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.87

#A22829 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A22829

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A22829	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A22829	1.00	7.31	2.87	7.31
#FFFFFF	7.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4528

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6025

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a22829;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 40, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.3% 0.158 25.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66c63',
    500: '#a22829',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a22829;
$custom-light: #c66c63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a22829",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.508,
    "s": 60.396,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47314,
    "c": 0.15846,
    "h": 25.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A22829

secondary

#65C1C0

accent

#E4E244

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECEA

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140705

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A22829

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

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