#A22C39#A22C39

#A22C39 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.153 H 19.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A22C39
RGB	rgb(162, 44, 57)
HSL	hsl(353, 57%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(353, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.8%, 64.8%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.45, 48.79, 21.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.45, 53.14, 23.36°)
OKLab	oklab(47.97% 0.1448 0.0504)
OKLCH	oklch(47.97% 0.153 19.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.5412, 9.7806, 4.8869)
Luminance	0.0978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A22C39 #2CA295

analogous

#A22C74 #A22C39 #A25A2C

triadic

#A22C39 #39A22C #2C39A2

tetradic

#A22C39 #74A22C #2CA295 #5A2CA2

square

#A22C39 #74A22C #2CA295 #5A2CA2

split-complementary

#A22C39 #2CA25A #2C74A2

monochromatic

#421217 #721F28 #A22C39 #CB404F #D8707C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.11

#A22C39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96

#A22C39 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A22C39

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A22C39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A22C39	1.00	7.11	2.96	7.11
#FFFFFF	7.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4839

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6136

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B20432

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a22c39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 44, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.153 19.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c46e6f',
    500: '#a22c39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a22c39;
$custom-light: #c46e6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a22c39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.39,
    "s": 57.282,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47971,
    "c": 0.15333,
    "h": 19.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A22C39

secondary

#6ABFB6

accent

#E1D047

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEC

border

#D3C7C7

text

#140807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A22C39

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

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