#A22C23#A22C23

#A22C23 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.156 H 28.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A22C23
RGB	rgb(162, 44, 35)
HSL	hsl(4, 64%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(4, 78%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.8%, 78.4%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.13, 47.69, 34.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.13, 58.59, 35.51°)
OKLab	oklab(47.63% 0.1366 0.0749)
OKLCH	oklch(47.63% 0.156 28.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.1062, 9.6066, 2.5960)
Luminance	0.0960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A22C23 #2399A2

analogous

#A22359 #A22C23 #A26B23

triadic

#A22C23 #23A22C #2C23A2

tetradic

#A22C23 #59A223 #2399A2 #6B23A2

square

#A22C23 #59A223 #2399A2 #6B23A2

split-complementary

#A22C23 #23A26B #2359A2

monochromatic

#3D110D #701E18 #A22C23 #D23B30 #DD6B62

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.19

#A22C23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.92

#A22C23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A22C23

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A22C23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A22C23	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)

#4F4721

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C611E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a22c23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 44, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.156 28.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66e5f',
    500: '#a22c23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a22c23;
$custom-light: #c66e5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a22c23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.252,
    "s": 64.467,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47631,
    "c": 0.15576,
    "h": 28.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A22C23

secondary

#5EBBC2

accent

#DCE740

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#150804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A22C23

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

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