#A22C42#A22C42

#A22C42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.2% C 0.153 H 14.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A22C42
RGB	rgb(162, 44, 66)
HSL	hsl(349, 57%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(349, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.8%, 59.3%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.62, 49.39, 15.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.62, 51.80, 17.54°)
OKLab	oklab(48.16% 0.1485 0.0385)
OKLCH	oklch(48.16% 0.153 14.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.7860, 9.8785, 6.1760)
Luminance	0.0988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A22C42 #2CA28C

analogous

#A22C7D #A22C42 #A2512C

triadic

#A22C42 #42A22C #2C42A2

tetradic

#A22C42 #7DA22C #2CA28C #512CA2

square

#A22C42 #7DA22C #2CA28C #512CA2

split-complementary

#A22C42 #2CA251 #2C7DA2

monochromatic

#42121B #721F2E #A22C42 #CB405A #D87084

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.06

#A22C42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.98

#A22C42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A22C42

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A22C42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A22C42	1.00	7.06	2.98	7.06
#FFFFFF	7.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4942

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#69613F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B10A35

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a22c42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 44, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.2% 0.153 14.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c46e76',
    500: '#a22c42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a22c42;
$custom-light: #c46e76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a22c42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.814,
    "s": 57.282,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48161,
    "c": 0.15337,
    "h": 14.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A22C42

secondary

#6ABFB0

accent

#E1C447

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDED

border

#D2C8C8

text

#140808

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A22C42

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

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