#A22A40#A22A40

#A22A40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.155 H 15.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A22A40
RGB	rgb(162, 42, 64)
HSL	hsl(349, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(349, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.1%, 60.5%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.32, 49.98, 16.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.32, 52.63, 18.24°)
OKLab	oklab(47.92% 0.15 0.0404)
OKLCH	oklch(47.92% 0.155 15.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.6553, 9.7099, 5.8467)
Luminance	0.0971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A22A40 #2AA28C

analogous

#A22A7C #A22A40 #A2502A

triadic

#A22A40 #40A22A #2A40A2

tetradic

#A22A40 #7CA22A #2AA28C #502AA2

square

#A22A40 #7CA22A #2AA28C #502AA2

split-complementary

#A22A40 #2AA250 #2A7CA2

monochromatic

#41111A #711D2D #A22A40 #CD3D57 #D96D81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.14

#A22A40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#A22A40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A22A40

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A22A40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A22A40	1.00	7.14	2.94	7.14
#FFFFFF	7.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4840

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#69613D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B20333

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a22a40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 42, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.155 15.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c46d74',
    500: '#a22a40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a22a40;
$custom-light: #c46d74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a22a40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47919,
    "c": 0.15534,
    "h": 15.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A22A40

secondary

#68C0B0

accent

#E2C546

background

#FCF6F7

surface

#F9ECED

border

#D2C7C8

text

#140808

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A22A40

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

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