#A22A2E#A22A2E

#A22A2E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.156 H 23.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A22A2E
RGB	rgb(162, 42, 46)
HSL	hsl(358, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(358, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.1%, 71.6%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.00, 48.91, 27.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.00, 56.05, 29.22°)
OKLab	oklab(47.58% 0.1428 0.0629)
OKLCH	oklch(47.58% 0.156 23.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.2232, 9.5370, 3.5708)
Luminance	0.0954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A22A2E #2AA29E

analogous

#A22A6A #A22A2E #A2622A

triadic

#A22A2E #2EA22A #2A2EA2

tetradic

#A22A2E #6AA22A #2AA29E #622AA2

square

#A22A2E #6AA22A #2AA29E #622AA2

split-complementary

#A22A2E #2AA262 #2A6AA2

monochromatic

#411112 #711D20 #A22A2E #CD3D41 #D96D71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.22

#A22A2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#A22A2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A22A2E

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A22A2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A22A2E	1.00	7.22	2.91	7.22
#FFFFFF	7.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D472D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B602A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a22a2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 42, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.156 23.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c56d67',
    500: '#a22a2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a22a2e;
$custom-light: #c56d67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a22a2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4758,
    "c": 0.15608,
    "h": 23.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A22A2E

secondary

#68C0BD

accent

#E2DD46

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140806

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A22A2E

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

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