#A22B2B#A22B2B

#A22B2B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.156 H 25.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A22B2B
RGB	rgb(162, 43, 43)
HSL	hsl(0, 58%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(0, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.5%, 73.5%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.09, 48.40, 29.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.09, 56.57, 31.18°)
OKLab	oklab(47.63% 0.1406 0.0666)
OKLCH	oklch(47.63% 0.156 25.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.2020, 9.5860, 3.2822)
Luminance	0.0958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A22B2B #2BA2A2

analogous

#A22B66 #A22B2B #A2662B

triadic

#A22B2B #2BA22B #2B2BA2

tetradic

#A22B2B #66A22B #2BA2A2 #662BA2

square

#A22B2B #66A22B #2BA2A2 #662BA2

split-complementary

#A22B2B #2BA266 #2B66A2

monochromatic

#411111 #721E1E #A22B2B #CC3E3E #D96F6F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.20

#A22B2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.92

#A22B2B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A22B2B

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A22B2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A22B2B	1.00	7.20	2.92	7.20
#FFFFFF	7.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E472A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6127

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a22b2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 43, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.156 25.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c56d64',
    500: '#a22b2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a22b2b;
$custom-light: #c56d64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a22b2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 58.049,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47634,
    "c": 0.15552,
    "h": 25.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A22B2B

secondary

#69C0C0

accent

#E1E147

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140805

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A22B2B

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

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