#A22A2A#A22A2A

#A22A2A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.157 H 25.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A22A2A
RGB	rgb(162, 42, 42)
HSL	hsl(0, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(0, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.1%, 74.1%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.94, 48.73, 29.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.94, 57.08, 31.38°)
OKLab	oklab(47.52% 0.1414 0.0673)
OKLCH	oklch(47.52% 0.157 25.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.1480, 9.5069, 3.1748)
Luminance	0.0950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A22A2A #2AA2A2

analogous

#A22A66 #A22A2A #A2662A

triadic

#A22A2A #2AA22A #2A2AA2

tetradic

#A22A2A #66A22A #2AA2A2 #662AA2

square

#A22A2A #66A22A #2AA2A2 #662AA2

split-complementary

#A22A2A #2AA266 #2A66A2

monochromatic

#411111 #711D1D #A22A2A #CD3D3D #D96D6D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.24

#A22A2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.90

#A22A2A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A22A2A

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A22A2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A22A2A	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)

#4D4629

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6026

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2002C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a22a2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 42, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.157 25.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66d64',
    500: '#a22a2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a22a2a;
$custom-light: #c66d64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a22a2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4752,
    "c": 0.15655,
    "h": 25.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A22A2A

secondary

#68C0C0

accent

#E2E246

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECEA

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A22A2A

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

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