#A22C40#A22C40

#A22C40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.153 H 15.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A22C40
RGB	rgb(162, 44, 64)
HSL	hsl(350, 57%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(350, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.8%, 60.5%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.58, 49.25, 16.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.58, 52.04, 18.86°)
OKLab	oklab(48.12% 0.1476 0.0413)
OKLCH	oklch(48.12% 0.153 15.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.7280, 9.8553, 5.8709)
Luminance	0.0985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A22C40 #2CA28E

analogous

#A22C7B #A22C40 #A2532C

triadic

#A22C40 #40A22C #2C40A2

tetradic

#A22C40 #7BA22C #2CA28E #532CA2

square

#A22C40 #7BA22C #2CA28E #532CA2

split-complementary

#A22C40 #2CA253 #2C7BA2

monochromatic

#42121A #721F2D #A22C40 #CB4058 #D87082

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.07

#A22C40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.97

#A22C40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A22C40

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A22C40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A22C40	1.00	7.07	2.97	7.07
#FFFFFF	7.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4940

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A613D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B20934

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a22c40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 44, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.153 15.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c46e74',
    500: '#a22c40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a22c40;
$custom-light: #c46e74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a22c40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.831,
    "s": 57.282,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48116,
    "c": 0.1533,
    "h": 15.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A22C40

secondary

#6ABFB1

accent

#E1C747

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDED

border

#D2C8C8

text

#140808

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A22C40

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

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