#A22C38#A22C38

#A22C38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.153 H 19.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A22C38
RGB	rgb(162, 44, 56)
HSL	hsl(354, 57%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(354, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.8%, 65.4%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.43, 48.72, 21.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.43, 53.33, 23.98°)
OKLab	oklab(47.95% 0.1444 0.0517)
OKLCH	oklch(47.95% 0.153 19.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.5165, 9.7707, 4.7568)
Luminance	0.0977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A22C38 #2CA296

analogous

#A22C73 #A22C38 #A25B2C

triadic

#A22C38 #38A22C #2C38A2

tetradic

#A22C38 #73A22C #2CA296 #5B2CA2

square

#A22C38 #73A22C #2CA296 #5B2CA2

split-complementary

#A22C38 #2CA25B #2C73A2

monochromatic

#421217 #721F27 #A22C38 #CB404E #D8707B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.11

#A22C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#A22C38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A22C38

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A22C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A22C38	1.00	7.11	2.95	7.11
#FFFFFF	7.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4838

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6135

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B20331

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a22c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 44, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.153 19.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c56e6e',
    500: '#a22c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a22c38;
$custom-light: #c56e6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a22c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.898,
    "s": 57.282,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47952,
    "c": 0.15338,
    "h": 19.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A22C38

secondary

#6ABFB7

accent

#E1D147

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A22C38

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

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