#A22A27#A22A27

#A22A27 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.157 H 26.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A22A27
RGB	rgb(162, 42, 39)
HSL	hsl(1, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(1, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.1%, 75.9%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.90, 48.59, 31.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.90, 57.89, 32.93°)
OKLab	oklab(47.48% 0.1403 0.0704)
OKLCH	oklch(47.48% 0.157 26.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.0963, 9.4863, 2.9025)
Luminance	0.0948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A22A27 #279FA2

analogous

#A22762 #A22A27 #A26727

triadic

#A22A27 #27A22A #2A27A2

tetradic

#A22A27 #62A227 #279FA2 #6727A2

square

#A22A27 #62A227 #279FA2 #6727A2

split-complementary

#A22A27 #27A267 #2762A2

monochromatic

#3F100F #711D1B #A22A27 #CF3B37 #DB6B69

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.25

#A22A27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.90

#A22A27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A22A27

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A22A27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A22A27	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)

#4E4625

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6022

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a22a27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 42, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.157 26.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66d61',
    500: '#a22a27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a22a27;
$custom-light: #c66d61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a22a27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.463,
    "s": 61.194,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47479,
    "c": 0.15695,
    "h": 26.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A22A27

secondary

#64BFC1

accent

#E0E443

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECEA

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140705

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A22A27

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

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