#A22A38#A22A38

#A22A38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.155 H 19.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A22A38
RGB	rgb(162, 42, 56)
HSL	hsl(353, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(353, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.1%, 65.4%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.16, 49.46, 21.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.16, 53.87, 23.34°)
OKLab	oklab(47.75% 0.1468 0.0509)
OKLCH	oklch(47.75% 0.155 19.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.4438, 9.6253, 4.7326)
Luminance	0.0962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A22A38 #2AA294

analogous

#A22A74 #A22A38 #A2582A

triadic

#A22A38 #38A22A #2A38A2

tetradic

#A22A38 #74A22A #2AA294 #582AA2

square

#A22A38 #74A22A #2AA294 #582AA2

split-complementary

#A22A38 #2AA258 #2A74A2

monochromatic

#411116 #711D27 #A22A38 #CD3D4D #D96D7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.18

#A22A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.92

#A22A38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A22A38

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A22A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A22A38	1.00	7.18	2.92	7.18
#FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4738

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6135

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B20030

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a22a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 42, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.155 19.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c56d6e',
    500: '#a22a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a22a38;
$custom-light: #c56d6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a22a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47753,
    "c": 0.15535,
    "h": 19.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A22A38

secondary

#68C0B6

accent

#E2D046

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A22A38

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

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