#A22831#A22831

#A22831 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.4% C 0.158 H 21.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A22831
RGB	rgb(162, 40, 49)
HSL	hsl(356, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(356, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.3%, 69.8%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.79, 49.78, 25.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.79, 55.82, 26.90°)
OKLab	oklab(47.44% 0.1463 0.0588)
OKLCH	oklch(47.44% 0.158 21.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.2153, 9.4232, 3.8702)
Luminance	0.0942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A22831 #28A299

analogous

#A2286E #A22831 #A25C28

triadic

#A22831 #31A228 #2831A2

tetradic

#A22831 #6EA228 #28A299 #5C28A2

square

#A22831 #6EA228 #28A299 #5C28A2

split-complementary

#A22831 #28A25C #286EA2

monochromatic

#401013 #711C22 #A22831 #CE3944 #DA6A72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.28

#A22831 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.88

#A22831 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A22831

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A22831	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A22831	1.00	7.28	2.88	7.28
#FFFFFF	7.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4630

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A602D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a22831;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 40, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.4% 0.158 21.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c56c69',
    500: '#a22831',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a22831;
$custom-light: #c56c69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a22831",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.574,
    "s": 60.396,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47437,
    "c": 0.15764,
    "h": 21.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A22831

secondary

#65C1BA

accent

#E4D844

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140706

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A22831

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

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