#A22A37#A22A37

#A22A37 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.155 H 19.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A22A37
RGB	rgb(162, 42, 55)
HSL	hsl(354, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(354, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.1%, 66%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.14, 49.40, 21.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.14, 54.06, 23.95°)
OKLab	oklab(47.73% 0.1464 0.0522)
OKLCH	oklch(47.73% 0.155 19.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.4196, 9.6156, 4.6051)
Luminance	0.0961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A22A37 #2AA295

analogous

#A22A73 #A22A37 #A2592A

triadic

#A22A37 #37A22A #2A37A2

tetradic

#A22A37 #73A22A #2AA295 #592AA2

square

#A22A37 #73A22A #2AA295 #592AA2

split-complementary

#A22A37 #2AA259 #2A73A2

monochromatic

#411116 #711D26 #A22A37 #CD3D4C #D96D79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.19

#A22A37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.92

#A22A37 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A22A37

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A22A37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A22A37	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)

#4C4737

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6134

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B20030

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a22a37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 42, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.155 19.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c56d6d',
    500: '#a22a37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a22a37;
$custom-light: #c56d6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a22a37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.5,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47734,
    "c": 0.15539,
    "h": 19.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A22A37

secondary

#68C0B6

accent

#E2D146

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A22A37

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

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