#A22A28#A22A28

#A22A28 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.157 H 26.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A22A28
RGB	rgb(162, 42, 40)
HSL	hsl(1, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(1, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.1%, 75.3%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.92, 48.64, 30.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.92, 57.62, 32.42°)
OKLab	oklab(47.49% 0.1406 0.0694)
OKLCH	oklch(47.49% 0.157 26.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.1131, 9.4930, 2.9910)
Luminance	0.0949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A22A28 #28A0A2

analogous

#A22863 #A22A28 #A26728

triadic

#A22A28 #28A22A #2A28A2

tetradic

#A22A28 #63A228 #28A0A2 #6728A2

square

#A22A28 #63A228 #28A0A2 #6728A2

split-complementary

#A22A28 #28A267 #2863A2

monochromatic

#401110 #711D1C #A22A28 #CE3C39 #DA6C6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.25

#A22A28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.90

#A22A28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A22A28

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A22A28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A22A28	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)

#4D4626

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6024

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a22a28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 42, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.157 26.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66d62',
    500: '#a22a28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a22a28;
$custom-light: #c66d62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a22a28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.984,
    "s": 60.396,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47493,
    "c": 0.15681,
    "h": 26.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A22A28

secondary

#65BFC1

accent

#E1E444

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECEA

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A22A28

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

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