#A22940#A22940

#A22940 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.156 H 14.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A22940
RGB	rgb(162, 41, 64)
HSL	hsl(349, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(349, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.7%, 60.5%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.19, 50.34, 16.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.19, 52.91, 17.94°)
OKLab	oklab(47.82% 0.1511 0.04)
OKLCH	oklch(47.82% 0.156 14.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.6203, 9.6398, 5.8350)
Luminance	0.0964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A22940 #29A28B

analogous

#A2297D #A22940 #A24F29

triadic

#A22940 #40A229 #2940A2

tetradic

#A22940 #7DA229 #29A28B #4F29A2

square

#A22940 #7DA229 #29A28B #4F29A2

split-complementary

#A22940 #29A24F #297DA2

monochromatic

#401019 #711D2D #A22940 #CD3B57 #DA6C81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.17

#A22940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#A22940 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A22940

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A22940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A22940	1.00	7.17	2.93	7.17
#FFFFFF	7.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4740

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#69613D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B20033

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a22940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 41, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.156 14.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c46d74',
    500: '#a22940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a22940;
$custom-light: #c46d74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a22940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.595,
    "s": 59.606,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47824,
    "c": 0.15635,
    "h": 14.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A22940

secondary

#67C0AF

accent

#E3C545

background

#FCF6F7

surface

#F9ECED

border

#D2C7C8

text

#140808

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A22940

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

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