#A22A24#A22A24

#A22A24 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.4% C 0.157 H 27.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A22A24
RGB	rgb(162, 42, 36)
HSL	hsl(3, 64%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(3, 78%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.1%, 77.8%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.87, 48.47, 33.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.87, 58.75, 34.40°)
OKLab	oklab(47.44% 0.1393 0.0733)
OKLCH	oklch(47.44% 0.157 27.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.0486, 9.4672, 2.6510)
Luminance	0.0946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A22A24 #249CA2

analogous

#A2245D #A22A24 #A26924

triadic

#A22A24 #24A22A #2A24A2

tetradic

#A22A24 #5DA224 #249CA2 #6924A2

square

#A22A24 #5DA224 #249CA2 #6924A2

split-complementary

#A22A24 #24A269 #245DA2

monochromatic

#3E100E #701D19 #A22A24 #D13932 #DD6A64

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.26

#A22A24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#A22A24 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A22A24

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A22A24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A22A24	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)

#4E4622

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C601F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a22a24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 42, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.4% 0.157 27.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66d5f',
    500: '#a22a24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a22a24;
$custom-light: #c66d5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a22a24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.857,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47442,
    "c": 0.15738,
    "h": 27.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A22A24

secondary

#60BDC2

accent

#DFE741

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#150704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A22A24

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

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