#A22D27#A22D27

#A22D27 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.154 H 27.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A22D27
RGB	rgb(162, 45, 39)
HSL	hsl(3, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(3, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.2%, 75.9%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.31, 47.47, 31.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.31, 57.20, 33.92°)
OKLab	oklab(47.78% 0.1368 0.0714)
OKLCH	oklch(47.78% 0.154 27.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.2067, 9.7071, 2.9394)
Luminance	0.0970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A22D27 #279CA2

analogous

#A2275F #A22D27 #A26B27

triadic

#A22D27 #27A22D #2D27A2

tetradic

#A22D27 #5FA227 #279CA2 #6B27A2

square

#A22D27 #5FA227 #279CA2 #6B27A2

split-complementary

#A22D27 #27A26B #275FA2

monochromatic

#3F120F #711F1B #A22D27 #CF3F37 #DB6E69

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.14

#A22D27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#A22D27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A22D27

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A22D27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A22D27	1.00	7.14	2.94	7.14
#FFFFFF	7.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4825

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6123

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a22d27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 45, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.154 27.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66e62',
    500: '#a22d27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a22d27;
$custom-light: #c66e62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a22d27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.927,
    "s": 61.194,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47784,
    "c": 0.15425,
    "h": 27.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A22D27

secondary

#64BCC1

accent

#DCE443

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECEA

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A22D27

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

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