#A22927#A22927

#A22927 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.4% C 0.158 H 26.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A22927
RGB	rgb(162, 41, 39)
HSL	hsl(1, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(1, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.7%, 75.9%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.77, 48.96, 31.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.77, 58.12, 32.61°)
OKLab	oklab(47.38% 0.1414 0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(47.38% 0.158 26.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.0613, 9.4162, 2.8909)
Luminance	0.0941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A22927 #27A0A2

analogous

#A22762 #A22927 #A26727

triadic

#A22927 #27A229 #2927A2

tetradic

#A22927 #62A227 #27A0A2 #6727A2

square

#A22927 #62A227 #27A0A2 #6727A2

split-complementary

#A22927 #27A267 #2762A2

monochromatic

#3F100F #711D1B #A22927 #CF3A37 #DB6A69

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.28

#A22927 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.88

#A22927 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A22927

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A22927	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A22927	1.00	7.28	2.88	7.28
#FFFFFF	7.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4625

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6022

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a22927;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 41, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.4% 0.158 26.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66c61',
    500: '#a22927',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a22927;
$custom-light: #c66c61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a22927",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.976,
    "s": 61.194,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47382,
    "c": 0.15783,
    "h": 26.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A22927

secondary

#64BFC1

accent

#E2E443

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECEA

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140705

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A22927

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

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