#A22C28#A22C28

#A22C28 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.155 H 26.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A22C28
RGB	rgb(162, 44, 40)
HSL	hsl(2, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(2, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.8%, 75.3%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.19, 47.89, 31.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.19, 57.16, 33.07°)
OKLab	oklab(47.69% 0.1383 0.07)
OKLCH	oklch(47.69% 0.155 26.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.1858, 9.6384, 3.0152)
Luminance	0.0964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A22C28 #289EA2

analogous

#A22861 #A22C28 #A26928

triadic

#A22C28 #28A22C #2C28A2

tetradic

#A22C28 #61A228 #289EA2 #6928A2

square

#A22C28 #61A228 #289EA2 #6928A2

split-complementary

#A22C28 #28A269 #2861A2

monochromatic

#401110 #711F1C #A22C28 #CE3E39 #DA6E6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.17

#A22C28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#A22C28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A22C28

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A22C28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A22C28	1.00	7.17	2.93	7.17
#FFFFFF	7.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4726

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6124

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2002C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a22c28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 44, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.155 26.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66e62',
    500: '#a22c28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a22c28;
$custom-light: #c66e62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a22c28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.967,
    "s": 60.396,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47693,
    "c": 0.15502,
    "h": 26.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A22C28

secondary

#65BEC1

accent

#DEE444

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECEA

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A22C28

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

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