#A22835#A22835

#A22835 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.157 H 20.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A22835
RGB	rgb(162, 40, 53)
HSL	hsl(354, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(354, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.3%, 67.3%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.85, 50.00, 22.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.85, 54.97, 24.55°)
OKLab	oklab(47.51% 0.1478 0.054)
OKLCH	oklch(47.51% 0.157 20)
XYZ	xyz(16.3035, 9.4585, 4.3347)
Luminance	0.0946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A22835 #28A295

analogous

#A22872 #A22835 #A25828

triadic

#A22835 #35A228 #2835A2

tetradic

#A22835 #72A228 #28A295 #5828A2

square

#A22835 #72A228 #28A295 #5828A2

split-complementary

#A22835 #28A258 #2872A2

monochromatic

#401015 #711C25 #A22835 #CE3949 #DA6A76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.26

#A22835 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#A22835 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A22835

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A22835	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A22835	1.00	7.26	2.89	7.26
#FFFFFF	7.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4635

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6031

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2002E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a22835;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 40, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.157 20.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c56c6c',
    500: '#a22835',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a22835;
$custom-light: #c56c6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a22835",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.607,
    "s": 60.396,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47507,
    "c": 0.15738,
    "h": 20
  },
  "luminance": 0.09456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A22835

secondary

#65C1B7

accent

#E4D344

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140706

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A22835

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

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