#A22C27#A22C27

#A22C27 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.155 H 27.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A22C27
RGB	rgb(162, 44, 39)
HSL	hsl(2, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(2, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.8%, 75.9%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.17, 47.85, 31.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.17, 57.44, 33.58°)
OKLab	oklab(47.68% 0.138 0.071)
OKLCH	oklch(47.68% 0.155 27.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.1690, 9.6317, 2.9268)
Luminance	0.0963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A22C27 #279DA2

analogous

#A22760 #A22C27 #A26A27

triadic

#A22C27 #27A22C #2C27A2

tetradic

#A22C27 #60A227 #279DA2 #6A27A2

square

#A22C27 #60A227 #279DA2 #6A27A2

split-complementary

#A22C27 #27A26A #2760A2

monochromatic

#3F110F #711F1B #A22C27 #CF3D37 #DB6D69

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.18

#A22C27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#A22C27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A22C27

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A22C27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A22C27	1.00	7.18	2.93	7.18
#FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4725

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6123

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3002C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a22c27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 44, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.155 27.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66e61',
    500: '#a22c27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a22c27;
$custom-light: #c66e61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a22c27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.439,
    "s": 61.194,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4768,
    "c": 0.15516,
    "h": 27.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A22C27

secondary

#64BDC1

accent

#DEE443

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECEA

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A22C27

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

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