#A22C32#A22C32

#A22C32 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.154 H 22.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A22C32
RGB	rgb(162, 44, 50)
HSL	hsl(357, 57%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(357, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.8%, 69.1%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.33, 48.38, 25.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.33, 54.59, 27.60°)
OKLab	oklab(47.84% 0.142 0.059)
OKLCH	oklch(47.84% 0.154 22.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.3785, 9.7155, 4.0298)
Luminance	0.0971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A22C32 #2CA29C

analogous

#A22C6D #A22C32 #A2612C

triadic

#A22C32 #32A22C #2C32A2

tetradic

#A22C32 #6DA22C #2CA29C #612CA2

square

#A22C32 #6DA22C #2CA29C #612CA2

split-complementary

#A22C32 #2CA261 #2C6DA2

monochromatic

#421214 #721F23 #A22C32 #CB4047 #D87075

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.14

#A22C32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#A22C32 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A22C32

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A22C32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A22C32	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)

#4D4831

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B612E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a22c32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 44, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.154 22.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c56e6a',
    500: '#a22c32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a22c32;
$custom-light: #c56e6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a22c32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.949,
    "s": 57.282,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47844,
    "c": 0.1538,
    "h": 22.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A22C32

secondary

#6ABFBB

accent

#E1D947

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140806

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A22C32

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

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