#A22C49#A22C49

#A22C49 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.154 H 10.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A22C49
RGB	rgb(162, 44, 73)
HSL	hsl(345, 57%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(345, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.8%, 54.9%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.78, 49.92, 11.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.78, 51.20, 12.83°)
OKLab	oklab(48.33% 0.1513 0.0288)
OKLCH	oklch(48.33% 0.154 10.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.0051, 9.9661, 7.3302)
Luminance	0.0996 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A22C49 #2CA285

analogous

#A22C84 #A22C49 #A24A2C

triadic

#A22C49 #49A22C #2C49A2

tetradic

#A22C49 #84A22C #2CA285 #4A2CA2

square

#A22C49 #84A22C #2CA285 #4A2CA2

split-complementary

#A22C49 #2CA24A #2C84A2

monochromatic

#42121E #721F33 #A22C49 #CB4062 #D8708A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.02

#A22C49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#A22C49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A22C49

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A22C49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A22C49	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)

#4A4A49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#686246

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B10F38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a22c49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 44, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.154 10.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c36f7b',
    500: '#a22c49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a22c49;
$custom-light: #c36f7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a22c49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.254,
    "s": 57.282,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48329,
    "c": 0.15397,
    "h": 10.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A22C49

secondary

#6ABFAB

accent

#E1BB47

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDED

border

#D2C8C8

text

#140809

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A22C49

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

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