#A22A2B#A22A2B

#A22A2B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.156 H 25.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A22A2B
RGB	rgb(162, 42, 43)
HSL	hsl(360, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(360, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.1%, 73.5%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.96, 48.77, 29.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.96, 56.81, 30.85°)
OKLab	oklab(47.54% 0.1417 0.0662)
OKLCH	oklch(47.54% 0.156 25)
XYZ	xyz(16.1661, 9.5142, 3.2702)
Luminance	0.0951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A22A2B #2AA2A1

analogous

#A22A67 #A22A2B #A2652A

triadic

#A22A2B #2BA22A #2A2BA2

tetradic

#A22A2B #67A22A #2AA2A1 #652AA2

square

#A22A2B #67A22A #2AA2A1 #652AA2

split-complementary

#A22A2B #2AA265 #2A67A2

monochromatic

#411111 #711D1E #A22A2B #CD3D3E #D96D6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.24

#A22A2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.90

#A22A2B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A22A2B

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A22A2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A22A2B	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)

#4D462A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6027

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2002C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a22a2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 42, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.156 25.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c56d64',
    500: '#a22a2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a22a2b;
$custom-light: #c56d64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a22a2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.5,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47535,
    "c": 0.15644,
    "h": 25
  },
  "luminance": 0.09512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A22A2B

secondary

#68C0BF

accent

#E2E146

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140805

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A22A2B

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

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