#A22C35#A22C35

#A22C35 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.154 H 21.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A22C35
RGB	rgb(162, 44, 53)
HSL	hsl(355, 57%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(355, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.8%, 67.3%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.38, 48.55, 23.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.38, 53.93, 25.82°)
OKLab	oklab(47.9% 0.1432 0.0554)
OKLCH	oklch(47.9% 0.154 21.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.4453, 9.7422, 4.3820)
Luminance	0.0974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A22C35 #2CA299

analogous

#A22C70 #A22C35 #A25E2C

triadic

#A22C35 #35A22C #2C35A2

tetradic

#A22C35 #70A22C #2CA299 #5E2CA2

square

#A22C35 #70A22C #2CA299 #5E2CA2

split-complementary

#A22C35 #2CA25E #2C70A2

monochromatic

#421216 #721F25 #A22C35 #CB404B #D87078

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.12

#A22C35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#A22C35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A22C35

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A22C35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A22C35	1.00	7.12	2.95	7.12
#FFFFFF	7.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4834

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6132

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B20130

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a22c35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 44, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.154 21.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c56e6c',
    500: '#a22c35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a22c35;
$custom-light: #c56e6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a22c35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.424,
    "s": 57.282,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47896,
    "c": 0.15355,
    "h": 21.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A22C35

secondary

#6ABFB9

accent

#E1D547

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A22C35

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

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