#A22929#A22929

#A22929 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.4% C 0.158 H 25.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A22929
RGB	rgb(162, 41, 41)
HSL	hsl(0, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(0, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.7%, 74.7%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.80, 49.04, 30.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.80, 57.57, 31.59°)
OKLab	oklab(47.41% 0.1421 0.068)
OKLCH	oklch(47.41% 0.158 25.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.0953, 9.4298, 3.0700)
Luminance	0.0943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A22929 #29A2A2

analogous

#A22966 #A22929 #A26629

triadic

#A22929 #29A229 #2929A2

tetradic

#A22929 #66A229 #29A2A2 #6629A2

square

#A22929 #66A229 #29A2A2 #6629A2

split-complementary

#A22929 #29A266 #2966A2

monochromatic

#401010 #711D1D #A22929 #CD3B3B #DA6C6C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.28

#A22929 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#A22929 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A22929

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A22929	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A22929	1.00	7.28	2.89	7.28
#FFFFFF	7.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4628

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6025

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a22929;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 41, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.4% 0.158 25.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66c63',
    500: '#a22929',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a22929;
$custom-light: #c66c63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a22929",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 59.606,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47409,
    "c": 0.15757,
    "h": 25.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A22929

secondary

#67C0C0

accent

#E3E345

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECEA

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140705

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A22929

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

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