#A22A25#A22A25

#A22A25 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.157 H 27.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A22A25
RGB	rgb(162, 42, 37)
HSL	hsl(2, 63%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(2, 77%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.1%, 77.2%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.88, 48.51, 32.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.88, 58.46, 33.91°)
OKLab	oklab(47.45% 0.1396 0.0724)
OKLCH	oklch(47.45% 0.157 27.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.0641, 9.4734, 2.7326)
Luminance	0.0947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A22A25 #259DA2

analogous

#A2255F #A22A25 #A26925

triadic

#A22A25 #25A22A #2A25A2

tetradic

#A22A25 #5FA225 #259DA2 #6925A2

square

#A22A25 #5FA225 #259DA2 #6925A2

split-complementary

#A22A25 #25A269 #255FA2

monochromatic

#3E100E #701D1A #A22A25 #D13A34 #DC6A65

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.26

#A22A25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#A22A25 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A22A25

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A22A25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A22A25	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)

#4E4623

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6020

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a22a25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 42, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.157 27.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66d60',
    500: '#a22a25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a22a25;
$custom-light: #c66d60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a22a25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.4,
    "s": 62.814,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47454,
    "c": 0.15723,
    "h": 27.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A22A25

secondary

#61BEC2

accent

#DFE642

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#150705

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A22A25

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

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