#A22C31#A22C31

#A22C31 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.154 H 23.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A22C31
RGB	rgb(162, 44, 49)
HSL	hsl(357, 57%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(357, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.8%, 69.8%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.31, 48.33, 25.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.31, 54.82, 28.18°)
OKLab	oklab(47.83% 0.1416 0.0602)
OKLCH	oklch(47.83% 0.154 23)
XYZ	xyz(16.3571, 9.7069, 3.9175)
Luminance	0.0970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A22C31 #2CA29D

analogous

#A22C6C #A22C31 #A2622C

triadic

#A22C31 #31A22C #2C31A2

tetradic

#A22C31 #6CA22C #2CA29D #622CA2

square

#A22C31 #6CA22C #2CA29D #622CA2

split-complementary

#A22C31 #2CA262 #2C6CA2

monochromatic

#421214 #721F22 #A22C31 #CB4046 #D87075

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.14

#A22C31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#A22C31 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A22C31

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A22C31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A22C31	1.00	7.14	2.94	7.14
#FFFFFF	7.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4830

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B612D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a22c31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 44, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.154 23.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c56e69',
    500: '#a22c31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a22c31;
$custom-light: #c56e69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a22c31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.458,
    "s": 57.282,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47827,
    "c": 0.1539,
    "h": 23
  },
  "luminance": 0.09704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A22C31

secondary

#6ABFBC

accent

#E1DA47

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140806

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A22C31

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

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