#A22A29#A22A29

#A22A29 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.157 H 25.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A22A29
RGB	rgb(162, 42, 41)
HSL	hsl(0, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(0, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.1%, 74.7%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.93, 48.68, 30.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.93, 57.34, 31.91°)
OKLab	oklab(47.51% 0.141 0.0683)
OKLCH	oklch(47.51% 0.157 25.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.1303, 9.4999, 3.0817)
Luminance	0.0950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A22A29 #29A1A2

analogous

#A22964 #A22A29 #A26729

triadic

#A22A29 #29A22A #2A29A2

tetradic

#A22A29 #64A229 #29A1A2 #6729A2

square

#A22A29 #64A229 #29A1A2 #6729A2

split-complementary

#A22A29 #29A267 #2964A2

monochromatic

#401110 #711D1D #A22A29 #CD3C3B #DA6D6C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.24

#A22A29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.90

#A22A29 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A22A29

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A22A29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A22A29	1.00	7.24	2.90	7.24
#FFFFFF	7.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4628

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6025

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a22a29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 42, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.157 25.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66d63',
    500: '#a22a29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a22a29;
$custom-light: #c66d63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a22a29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.496,
    "s": 59.606,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47506,
    "c": 0.15668,
    "h": 25.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A22A29

secondary

#67C0C0

accent

#E1E345

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECEA

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A22A29

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

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