#A22A2D#A22A2D

#A22A2D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.156 H 24.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A22A2D
RGB	rgb(162, 42, 45)
HSL	hsl(359, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(359, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.1%, 72.2%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.98, 48.87, 27.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.98, 56.30, 29.77°)
OKLab	oklab(47.56% 0.1425 0.064)
OKLCH	oklch(47.56% 0.156 24.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.2037, 9.5292, 3.4682)
Luminance	0.0953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A22A2D #2AA29F

analogous

#A22A69 #A22A2D #A2632A

triadic

#A22A2D #2DA22A #2A2DA2

tetradic

#A22A2D #69A22A #2AA29F #632AA2

square

#A22A2D #69A22A #2AA29F #632AA2

split-complementary

#A22A2D #2AA263 #2A69A2

monochromatic

#411112 #711D1F #A22A2D #CD3D40 #D96D70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.23

#A22A2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#A22A2D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A22A2D

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A22A2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A22A2D	1.00	7.23	2.91	7.23
#FFFFFF	7.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D472C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6029

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2002C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a22a2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 42, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.156 24.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c56d66',
    500: '#a22a2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a22a2d;
$custom-light: #c56d66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a22a2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.5,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47564,
    "c": 0.1562,
    "h": 24.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A22A2D

secondary

#68C0BE

accent

#E2DE46

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140806

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A22A2D

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

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