#A22A22#A22A22

#A22A22 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.4% C 0.158 H 28.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A22A22
RGB	rgb(162, 42, 34)
HSL	hsl(4, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(4, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.1%, 79%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.85, 48.40, 34.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.85, 59.33, 35.33°)
OKLab	oklab(47.42% 0.1386 0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(47.42% 0.158 28.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.0189, 9.4553, 2.4947)
Luminance	0.0945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A22A22 #229AA2

analogous

#A2225A #A22A22 #A26A22

triadic

#A22A22 #22A22A #2A22A2

tetradic

#A22A22 #5AA222 #229AA2 #6A22A2

square

#A22A22 #5AA222 #229AA2 #6A22A2

split-complementary

#A22A22 #22A26A #225AA2

monochromatic

#3D100D #6F1D17 #A22A22 #D3382E #DE6861

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.26

#A22A22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#A22A22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A22A22

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A22A22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A22A22	1.00	7.26	2.89	7.26
#FFFFFF	7.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4620

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C601D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B30029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a22a22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 42, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.4% 0.158 28.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66d5e',
    500: '#a22a22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a22a22;
$custom-light: #c66d5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a22a22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.75,
    "s": 65.306,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47418,
    "c": 0.15767,
    "h": 28.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A22A22

secondary

#5DBCC3

accent

#DEE840

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#150704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A22A22

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

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