#A22A2C#A22A2C

#A22A2C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.156 H 24.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A22A2C
RGB	rgb(162, 42, 44)
HSL	hsl(359, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(359, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.1%, 72.8%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.97, 48.82, 28.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.97, 56.55, 30.32°)
OKLab	oklab(47.55% 0.1421 0.0651)
OKLCH	oklch(47.55% 0.156 24.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.1847, 9.5216, 3.3680)
Luminance	0.0952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A22A2C #2AA2A0

analogous

#A22A68 #A22A2C #A2642A

triadic

#A22A2C #2CA22A #2A2CA2

tetradic

#A22A2C #68A22A #2AA2A0 #642AA2

square

#A22A2C #68A22A #2AA2A0 #642AA2

split-complementary

#A22A2C #2AA264 #2A68A2

monochromatic

#411112 #711D1F #A22A2C #CD3D3F #D96D6F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.23

#A22A2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.90

#A22A2C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A22A2C

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A22A2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A22A2C	1.00	7.23	2.90	7.23
#FFFFFF	7.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D462B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6028

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2002C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a22a2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 42, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.156 24.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c56d65',
    500: '#a22a2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a22a2c;
$custom-light: #c56d65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a22a2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47549,
    "c": 0.15631,
    "h": 24.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A22A2C

secondary

#68C0BF

accent

#E2DF46

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140805

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A22A2C

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

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