#A22C22#A22C22

#A22C22 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.156 H 29.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A22C22
RGB	rgb(162, 44, 34)
HSL	hsl(5, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(5, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.8%, 79%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.12, 47.65, 34.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.12, 58.89, 35.98°)
OKLab	oklab(47.62% 0.1363 0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(47.62% 0.156 29.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.0916, 9.6007, 2.5189)
Luminance	0.0960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A22C22 #2298A2

analogous

#A22258 #A22C22 #A26C22

triadic

#A22C22 #22A22C #2C22A2

tetradic

#A22C22 #58A222 #2298A2 #6C22A2

square

#A22C22 #58A222 #2298A2 #6C22A2

split-complementary

#A22C22 #22A26C #2258A2

monochromatic

#3D110D #6F1E17 #A22C22 #D33B2E #DE6A61

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.19

#A22C22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.92

#A22C22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A22C22

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A22C22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A22C22	1.00	7.19	2.92	7.19
#FFFFFF	7.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4720

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C611D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a22c22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 44, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.156 29.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66e5e',
    500: '#a22c22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a22c22;
$custom-light: #c66e5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a22c22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.688,
    "s": 65.306,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47619,
    "c": 0.15593,
    "h": 29.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A22C22

secondary

#5DBBC3

accent

#DBE840

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#150804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A22C22

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

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