#A22838#A22838

#A22838 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.157 H 18.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A22838
RGB	rgb(162, 40, 56)
HSL	hsl(352, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(352, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.3%, 65.4%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.91, 50.17, 21.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.91, 54.40, 22.72°)
OKLab	oklab(47.56% 0.149 0.0502)
OKLCH	oklch(47.56% 0.157 18.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.3746, 9.4869, 4.7096)
Luminance	0.0948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A22838 #28A292

analogous

#A22875 #A22838 #A25528

triadic

#A22838 #38A228 #2838A2

tetradic

#A22838 #75A228 #28A292 #5528A2

square

#A22838 #75A228 #28A292 #5528A2

split-complementary

#A22838 #28A255 #2875A2

monochromatic

#401016 #711C27 #A22838 #CE394D #DA6A79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.25

#A22838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.90

#A22838 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A22838

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A22838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A22838	1.00	7.25	2.90	7.25
#FFFFFF	7.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4638

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#696034

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a22838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 40, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.157 18.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c56c6e',
    500: '#a22838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a22838;
$custom-light: #c56c6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a22838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.131,
    "s": 60.396,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47563,
    "c": 0.15726,
    "h": 18.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A22838

secondary

#65C1B5

accent

#E4CF44

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140707

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A22838

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

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