#A22B22#A22B22

#A22B22 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.157 H 28.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A22B22
RGB	rgb(162, 43, 34)
HSL	hsl(4, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(4, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.5%, 79%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.98, 48.03, 34.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.98, 59.11, 35.65°)
OKLab	oklab(47.52% 0.1375 0.0755)
OKLCH	oklch(47.52% 0.157 28.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.0548, 9.5271, 2.5066)
Luminance	0.0953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A22B22 #2299A2

analogous

#A22259 #A22B22 #A26B22

triadic

#A22B22 #22A22B #2B22A2

tetradic

#A22B22 #59A222 #2299A2 #6B22A2

square

#A22B22 #59A222 #2299A2 #6B22A2

split-complementary

#A22B22 #22A26B #2259A2

monochromatic

#3D100D #6F1E17 #A22B22 #D33A2E #DE6961

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.23

#A22B22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#A22B22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A22B22

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A22B22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A22B22	1.00	7.23	2.91	7.23
#FFFFFF	7.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4620

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C601D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a22b22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 43, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.157 28.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66d5e',
    500: '#a22b22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a22b22;
$custom-light: #c66d5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a22b22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.219,
    "s": 65.306,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47518,
    "c": 0.15681,
    "h": 28.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A22B22

secondary

#5DBCC3

accent

#DCE840

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#150804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A22B22

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

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