#A22D22#A22D22

#A22D22 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.155 H 29.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A22D22
RGB	rgb(162, 45, 34)
HSL	hsl(5, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(5, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.2%, 79%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.25, 47.27, 34.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.25, 58.66, 36.31°)
OKLab	oklab(47.72% 0.1351 0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(47.72% 0.155 29.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.1293, 9.6761, 2.5315)
Luminance	0.0967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A22D22 #2297A2

analogous

#A22257 #A22D22 #A26D22

triadic

#A22D22 #22A22D #2D22A2

tetradic

#A22D22 #57A222 #2297A2 #6D22A2

square

#A22D22 #57A222 #2297A2 #6D22A2

split-complementary

#A22D22 #22A26D #2257A2

monochromatic

#3D110D #6F1F17 #A22D22 #D33C2E #DE6B61

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.16

#A22D22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#A22D22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A22D22

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A22D22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A22D22	1.00	7.16	2.93	7.16
#FFFFFF	7.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504720

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D611D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3002C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a22d22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 45, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.155 29.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66e5e',
    500: '#a22d22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a22d22;
$custom-light: #c66e5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a22d22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.156,
    "s": 65.306,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47723,
    "c": 0.15503,
    "h": 29.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A22D22

secondary

#5DBAC3

accent

#DAE840

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#150804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A22D22

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

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