#A22A26#A22A26

#A22A26 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.157 H 27.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A22A26
RGB	rgb(162, 42, 38)
HSL	hsl(2, 62%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(2, 77%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.1%, 76.5%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.89, 48.55, 32.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.89, 58.18, 33.42°)
OKLab	oklab(47.47% 0.1399 0.0714)
OKLCH	oklch(47.47% 0.157 27)
XYZ	xyz(16.0800, 9.4797, 2.8164)
Luminance	0.0948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A22A26 #269EA2

analogous

#A22660 #A22A26 #A26826

triadic

#A22A26 #26A22A #2A26A2

tetradic

#A22A26 #60A226 #269EA2 #6826A2

square

#A22A26 #60A226 #269EA2 #6826A2

split-complementary

#A22A26 #26A268 #2660A2

monochromatic

#3F100F #701D1A #A22A26 #D03A35 #DB6B67

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.25

#A22A26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.90

#A22A26 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A22A26

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A22A26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A22A26	1.00	7.25	2.90	7.25
#FFFFFF	7.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4624

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6021

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a22a26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 42, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.157 27.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66d61',
    500: '#a22a26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a22a26;
$custom-light: #c66d61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a22a26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.935,
    "s": 62,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47466,
    "c": 0.15709,
    "h": 27
  },
  "luminance": 0.09477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A22A26

secondary

#63BEC1

accent

#E0E543

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#140705

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A22A26

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

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