#A22A23#A22A23

#A22A23 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.4% C 0.158 H 28.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A22A23
RGB	rgb(162, 42, 35)
HSL	hsl(3, 64%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(3, 78%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.1%, 78.4%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.86, 48.44, 33.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.86, 59.04, 34.87°)
OKLab	oklab(47.43% 0.1389 0.0743)
OKLCH	oklch(47.43% 0.158 28.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.0335, 9.4611, 2.5717)
Luminance	0.0946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A22A23 #239BA2

analogous

#A2235B #A22A23 #A26923

triadic

#A22A23 #23A22A #2A23A2

tetradic

#A22A23 #5BA223 #239BA2 #6923A2

square

#A22A23 #5BA223 #239BA2 #6923A2

split-complementary

#A22A23 #23A269 #235BA2

monochromatic

#3D100D #701D18 #A22A23 #D23930 #DD6962

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.26

#A22A23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#A22A23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A22A23

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A22A23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A22A23	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)

#4E4621

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C601E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a22a23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 42, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.4% 0.158 28.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66d5f',
    500: '#a22a23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a22a23;
$custom-light: #c66d5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a22a23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.307,
    "s": 64.467,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4743,
    "c": 0.15753,
    "h": 28.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A22A23

secondary

#5EBDC2

accent

#DEE740

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#150704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A22A23

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

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