#A22922#A22922

#A22922 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.3% C 0.159 H 28.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A22922
RGB	rgb(162, 41, 34)
HSL	hsl(3, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(3, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.7%, 79%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.72, 48.76, 34.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.72, 59.54, 35.02°)
OKLab	oklab(47.32% 0.1397 0.0749)
OKLCH	oklch(47.32% 0.159 28.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.9838, 9.3852, 2.4830)
Luminance	0.0938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A22922 #229BA2

analogous

#A2225B #A22922 #A26922

triadic

#A22922 #22A229 #2922A2

tetradic

#A22922 #5BA222 #229BA2 #6922A2

square

#A22922 #5BA222 #229BA2 #6922A2

split-complementary

#A22922 #22A269 #225BA2

monochromatic

#3D0F0D #6F1C17 #A22922 #D3372E #DE6761

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.30

#A22922 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.88

#A22922 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A22922

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A22922	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A22922	1.00	7.30	2.88	7.30
#FFFFFF	7.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4620

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B601D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B30029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a22922;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 41, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.3% 0.159 28.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66c5e',
    500: '#a22922',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a22922;
$custom-light: #c66c5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a22922",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.281,
    "s": 65.306,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4732,
    "c": 0.15853,
    "h": 28.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A22922

secondary

#5DBDC3

accent

#DFE840

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#150704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A22922

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

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