#A22C48#A22C48

#A22C48 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.154 H 11.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A22C48
RGB	rgb(162, 44, 72)
HSL	hsl(346, 57%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(346, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.8%, 55.6%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.76, 49.84, 11.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.76, 51.26, 13.51°)
OKLab	oklab(48.3% 0.1509 0.0302)
OKLCH	oklch(48.3% 0.154 11.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.9722, 9.9530, 7.1570)
Luminance	0.0995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A22C48 #2CA286

analogous

#A22C83 #A22C48 #A24B2C

triadic

#A22C48 #48A22C #2C48A2

tetradic

#A22C48 #83A22C #2CA286 #4B2CA2

square

#A22C48 #83A22C #2CA286 #4B2CA2

split-complementary

#A22C48 #2CA24B #2C83A2

monochromatic

#42121D #721F33 #A22C48 #CB4061 #D87089

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.02

#A22C48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#A22C48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A22C48

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A22C48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A22C48	1.00	7.02	2.99	7.02
#FFFFFF	7.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4A48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#686245

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B10F37

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a22c48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 44, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.154 11.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c36f7a',
    500: '#a22c48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a22c48;
$custom-light: #c36f7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a22c48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.763,
    "s": 57.282,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48304,
    "c": 0.15385,
    "h": 11.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A22C48

secondary

#6ABFAB

accent

#E1BC47

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDED

border

#D2C8C8

text

#140809

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A22C48

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

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