#A22C2C#A22C2C

#A22C2C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.154 H 25.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A22C2C
RGB	rgb(162, 44, 44)
HSL	hsl(0, 57%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(0, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.8%, 72.8%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.24, 48.08, 28.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.24, 56.07, 30.97°)
OKLab	oklab(47.75% 0.1398 0.0658)
OKLCH	oklch(47.75% 0.154 25.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.2574, 9.6670, 3.3923)
Luminance	0.0966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A22C2C #2CA2A2

analogous

#A22C67 #A22C2C #A2672C

triadic

#A22C2C #2CA22C #2C2CA2

tetradic

#A22C2C #67A22C #2CA2A2 #672CA2

square

#A22C2C #67A22C #2CA2A2 #672CA2

split-complementary

#A22C2C #2CA267 #2C67A2

monochromatic

#421212 #721F1F #A22C2C #CB4040 #D87070

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.16

#A22C2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#A22C2C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A22C2C

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A22C2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A22C2C	1.00	7.16	2.93	7.16
#FFFFFF	7.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E472B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6128

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a22c2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 44, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.154 25.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c56e65',
    500: '#a22c2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a22c2c;
$custom-light: #c56e65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a22c2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 57.282,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47749,
    "c": 0.15447,
    "h": 25.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A22C2C

secondary

#6ABFBF

accent

#E1E147

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140805

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A22C2C

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

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