#A22A36#A22A36

#A22A36 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.155 H 20.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A22A36
RGB	rgb(162, 42, 54)
HSL	hsl(354, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(354, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.1%, 66.7%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.13, 49.34, 22.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.13, 54.25, 24.56°)
OKLab	oklab(47.72% 0.146 0.0534)
OKLCH	oklch(47.72% 0.155 20.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.3959, 9.6061, 4.4801)
Luminance	0.0960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A22A36 #2AA296

analogous

#A22A72 #A22A36 #A25A2A

triadic

#A22A36 #36A22A #2A36A2

tetradic

#A22A36 #72A22A #2AA296 #5A2AA2

square

#A22A36 #72A22A #2AA296 #5A2AA2

split-complementary

#A22A36 #2AA25A #2A72A2

monochromatic

#411116 #711D26 #A22A36 #CD3D4B #D96D78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.19

#A22A36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.92

#A22A36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A22A36

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A22A36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A22A36	1.00	7.19	2.92	7.19
#FFFFFF	7.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4736

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6132

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a22a36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 42, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.155 20.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c56d6d',
    500: '#a22a36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a22a36;
$custom-light: #c56d6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a22a36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47716,
    "c": 0.15544,
    "h": 20.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A22A36

secondary

#68C0B7

accent

#E2D246

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A22A36

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

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