#A22836#A22836

#A22836 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.157 H 19.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A22836
RGB	rgb(162, 40, 54)
HSL	hsl(353, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(353, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.3%, 66.7%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.87, 50.06, 22.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.87, 54.77, 23.94°)
OKLab	oklab(47.53% 0.1482 0.0527)
OKLCH	oklch(47.53% 0.157 19.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.3267, 9.4677, 4.4571)
Luminance	0.0946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A22836 #28A294

analogous

#A22873 #A22836 #A25728

triadic

#A22836 #36A228 #2836A2

tetradic

#A22836 #73A228 #28A294 #5728A2

square

#A22836 #73A228 #28A294 #5728A2

split-complementary

#A22836 #28A257 #2873A2

monochromatic

#401015 #711C26 #A22836 #CE394A #DA6A77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.26

#A22836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#A22836 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A22836

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A22836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A22836	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)

#4B4636

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#696032

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2002E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a22836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 40, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.157 19.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c56c6c',
    500: '#a22836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a22836;
$custom-light: #c56c6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a22836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.115,
    "s": 60.396,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47525,
    "c": 0.15733,
    "h": 19.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A22836

secondary

#65C1B6

accent

#E4D144

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140707

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A22836

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

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