#A22B38#A22B38

#A22B38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.154 H 19.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A22B38
RGB	rgb(162, 43, 56)
HSL	hsl(353, 58%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(353, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.5%, 65.4%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.29, 49.10, 21.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.29, 53.60, 23.65°)
OKLab	oklab(47.85% 0.1456 0.0513)
OKLCH	oklch(47.85% 0.154 19.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.4797, 9.6971, 4.7446)
Luminance	0.0969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A22B38 #2BA295

analogous

#A22B74 #A22B38 #A2592B

triadic

#A22B38 #38A22B #2B38A2

tetradic

#A22B38 #74A22B #2BA295 #592BA2

square

#A22B38 #74A22B #2BA295 #592BA2

split-complementary

#A22B38 #2BA259 #2B74A2

monochromatic

#411117 #721E27 #A22B38 #CC3E4E #D96F7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.15

#A22B38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#A22B38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A22B38

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A22B38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A22B38	1.00	7.15	2.94	7.15
#FFFFFF	7.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4838

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6135

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B20031

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a22b38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 43, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.154 19.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c56e6e',
    500: '#a22b38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a22b38;
$custom-light: #c56e6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a22b38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.445,
    "s": 58.049,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47852,
    "c": 0.15437,
    "h": 19.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A22B38

secondary

#69C0B6

accent

#E1D047

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A22B38

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

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