#A22837#A22837

#A22837 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.157 H 19.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A22837
RGB	rgb(162, 40, 55)
HSL	hsl(353, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(353, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.3%, 66%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.89, 50.12, 21.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.89, 54.58, 23.33°)
OKLab	oklab(47.54% 0.1486 0.0515)
OKLCH	oklch(47.54% 0.157 19.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.3504, 9.4772, 4.5820)
Luminance	0.0948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A22837 #28A293

analogous

#A22874 #A22837 #A25628

triadic

#A22837 #37A228 #2837A2

tetradic

#A22837 #74A228 #28A293 #5628A2

square

#A22837 #74A228 #28A293 #5628A2

split-complementary

#A22837 #28A256 #2874A2

monochromatic

#401016 #711C26 #A22837 #CE394B #DA6A78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.25

#A22837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#A22837 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A22837

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A22837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A22837	1.00	7.25	2.89	7.25
#FFFFFF	7.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4637

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#696033

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a22837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 40, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.157 19.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c56c6d',
    500: '#a22837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a22837;
$custom-light: #c56c6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a22837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.623,
    "s": 60.396,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47544,
    "c": 0.15729,
    "h": 19.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A22837

secondary

#65C1B5

accent

#E4D044

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140707

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A22837

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

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