#A22B28#A22B28

#A22B28 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.156 H 26.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A22B28
RGB	rgb(162, 43, 40)
HSL	hsl(1, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(1, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.5%, 75.3%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.05, 48.27, 31.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.05, 57.39, 32.74°)
OKLab	oklab(47.59% 0.1395 0.0697)
OKLCH	oklch(47.59% 0.156 26.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.1490, 9.5648, 3.0029)
Luminance	0.0956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A22B28 #289FA2

analogous

#A22862 #A22B28 #A26828

triadic

#A22B28 #28A22B #2B28A2

tetradic

#A22B28 #62A228 #289FA2 #6828A2

square

#A22B28 #62A228 #289FA2 #6828A2

split-complementary

#A22B28 #28A268 #2862A2

monochromatic

#401110 #711E1C #A22B28 #CE3D39 #DA6D6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.21

#A22B28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#A22B28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A22B28

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A22B28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A22B28	1.00	7.21	2.91	7.21
#FFFFFF	7.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4726

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6124

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2002C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a22b28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 43, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.156 26.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66d62',
    500: '#a22b28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a22b28;
$custom-light: #c66d62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a22b28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.475,
    "s": 60.396,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47592,
    "c": 0.15592,
    "h": 26.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A22B28

secondary

#65BEC1

accent

#E0E444

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECEA

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A22B28

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

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