#A22B23#A22B23

#A22B23 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.157 H 28.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A22B23
RGB	rgb(162, 43, 35)
HSL	hsl(4, 64%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(4, 78%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.5%, 78.4%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.99, 48.07, 33.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.99, 58.81, 35.19°)
OKLab	oklab(47.53% 0.1378 0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(47.53% 0.157 28.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.0694, 9.5330, 2.5837)
Luminance	0.0953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A22B23 #239AA2

analogous

#A2235A #A22B23 #A26A23

triadic

#A22B23 #23A22B #2B23A2

tetradic

#A22B23 #5AA223 #239AA2 #6A23A2

square

#A22B23 #5AA223 #239AA2 #6A23A2

split-complementary

#A22B23 #23A26A #235AA2

monochromatic

#3D100D #701E18 #A22B23 #D23A30 #DD6A62

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.23

#A22B23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#A22B23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A22B23

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A22B23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A22B23	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)

#4E4621

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C601E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a22b23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 43, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.157 28.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66d5f',
    500: '#a22b23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a22b23;
$custom-light: #c66d5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a22b23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.78,
    "s": 64.467,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47529,
    "c": 0.15665,
    "h": 28.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A22B23

secondary

#5EBCC2

accent

#DDE740

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#150804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A22B23

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

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