#A22840#A22840

#A22840 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.157 H 14.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A22840
RGB	rgb(162, 40, 64)
HSL	hsl(348, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(348, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.3%, 60.5%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.06, 50.69, 16.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.06, 53.20, 17.65°)
OKLab	oklab(47.73% 0.1523 0.0396)
OKLCH	oklch(47.73% 0.157 14.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.5862, 9.5715, 5.8236)
Luminance	0.0957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A22840 #28A28A

analogous

#A2287D #A22840 #A24D28

triadic

#A22840 #40A228 #2840A2

tetradic

#A22840 #7DA228 #28A28A #4D28A2

square

#A22840 #7DA228 #28A28A #4D28A2

split-complementary

#A22840 #28A24D #287DA2

monochromatic

#401019 #711C2D #A22840 #CE3956 #DA6A80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.21

#A22840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#A22840 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A22840

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A22840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A22840	1.00	7.21	2.91	7.21
#FFFFFF	7.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494740

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#68603D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B20032

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a22840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 40, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.157 14.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c46d74',
    500: '#a22840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a22840;
$custom-light: #c46d74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a22840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.197,
    "s": 60.396,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4773,
    "c": 0.15735,
    "h": 14.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A22840

secondary

#65C1AF

accent

#E4C444

background

#FCF6F7

surface

#F9ECED

border

#D2C7C8

text

#140808

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A22840

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

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