#A22C36#A22C36

#A22C36 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.153 H 20.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A22C36
RGB	rgb(162, 44, 54)
HSL	hsl(355, 57%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(355, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.8%, 66.7%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.39, 48.61, 22.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.39, 53.72, 25.21°)
OKLab	oklab(47.91% 0.1436 0.0542)
OKLCH	oklch(47.91% 0.153 20.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.4686, 9.7515, 4.5044)
Luminance	0.0975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A22C36 #2CA298

analogous

#A22C71 #A22C36 #A25D2C

triadic

#A22C36 #36A22C #2C36A2

tetradic

#A22C36 #71A22C #2CA298 #5D2CA2

square

#A22C36 #71A22C #2CA298 #5D2CA2

split-complementary

#A22C36 #2CA25D #2C71A2

monochromatic

#421216 #721F26 #A22C36 #CB404C #D87079

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.12

#A22C36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#A22C36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A22C36

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A22C36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A22C36	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)

#4D4835

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6133

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B20231

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a22c36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 44, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.153 20.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c56e6d',
    500: '#a22c36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a22c36;
$custom-light: #c56e6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a22c36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.915,
    "s": 57.282,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47914,
    "c": 0.15349,
    "h": 20.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A22C36

secondary

#6ABFB8

accent

#E1D447

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A22C36

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

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