#A22C20#A22C20

#A22C20 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.156 H 29.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A22C20
RGB	rgb(162, 44, 32)
HSL	hsl(6, 67%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(6, 80%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.8%, 80.2%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.10, 47.58, 35.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.10, 59.48, 36.87°)
OKLab	oklab(47.6% 0.1356 0.0776)
OKLCH	oklch(47.6% 0.156 29.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.0636, 9.5895, 2.3714)
Luminance	0.0959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A22C20 #2096A2

analogous

#A22055 #A22C20 #A26D20

triadic

#A22C20 #20A22C #2C20A2

tetradic

#A22C20 #55A220 #2096A2 #6D20A2

square

#A22C20 #55A220 #2096A2 #6D20A2

split-complementary

#A22C20 #20A26D #2055A2

monochromatic

#3C100C #6F1E16 #A22C20 #D53A2A #DF695D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.20

#A22C20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.92

#A22C20 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A22C20

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A22C20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A22C20	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)

#4F471D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C611B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a22c20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 44, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.156 29.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66e5d',
    500: '#a22c20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a22c20;
$custom-light: #c66e5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a22c20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.538,
    "s": 67.01,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47597,
    "c": 0.15625,
    "h": 29.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A22C20

secondary

#5ABAC3

accent

#DAEA3E

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#150804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A22C20

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

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