#A22C2E#A22C2E

#A22C2E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.154 H 24.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A22C2E
RGB	rgb(162, 44, 46)
HSL	hsl(359, 57%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(359, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.8%, 71.6%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.27, 48.17, 27.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.27, 55.56, 29.88°)
OKLab	oklab(47.78% 0.1405 0.0636)
OKLCH	oklch(47.78% 0.154 24.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.2959, 9.6824, 3.5951)
Luminance	0.0968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A22C2E #2CA2A0

analogous

#A22C69 #A22C2E #A2652C

triadic

#A22C2E #2EA22C #2C2EA2

tetradic

#A22C2E #69A22C #2CA2A0 #652CA2

square

#A22C2E #69A22C #2CA2A0 #652CA2

split-complementary

#A22C2E #2CA265 #2C69A2

monochromatic

#421213 #721F20 #A22C2E #CB4042 #D87072

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.15

#A22C2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#A22C2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A22C2E

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A22C2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A22C2E	1.00	7.15	2.94	7.15
#FFFFFF	7.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E472D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B612A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2002E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a22c2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 44, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.154 24.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c56e67',
    500: '#a22c2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a22c2e;
$custom-light: #c56e67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a22c2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.983,
    "s": 57.282,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4778,
    "c": 0.15422,
    "h": 24.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A22C2E

secondary

#6ABFBE

accent

#E1DE47

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140806

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A22C2E

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

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