#A22C26#A22C26

#A22C26 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.155 H 27.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A22C26
RGB	rgb(162, 44, 38)
HSL	hsl(3, 62%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(3, 77%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.8%, 76.5%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.16, 47.81, 32.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.16, 57.72, 34.08°)
OKLab	oklab(47.67% 0.1376 0.072)
OKLCH	oklch(47.67% 0.155 27.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.1527, 9.6252, 2.8407)
Luminance	0.0962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A22C26 #269CA2

analogous

#A2265E #A22C26 #A26A26

triadic

#A22C26 #26A22C #2C26A2

tetradic

#A22C26 #5EA226 #269CA2 #6A26A2

square

#A22C26 #5EA226 #269CA2 #6A26A2

split-complementary

#A22C26 #26A26A #265EA2

monochromatic

#3F110F #701F1A #A22C26 #D03D35 #DB6D67

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.18

#A22C26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.92

#A22C26 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A22C26

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A22C26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A22C26	1.00	7.18	2.92	7.18
#FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4724

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6121

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3002C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a22c26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 44, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.155 27.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66e61',
    500: '#a22c26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a22c26;
$custom-light: #c66e61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a22c26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.903,
    "s": 62,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47667,
    "c": 0.15531,
    "h": 27.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A22C26

secondary

#63BDC1

accent

#DDE543

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#140805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A22C26

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

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