#A22D28#A22D28

#A22D28 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.154 H 27.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A22D28
RGB	rgb(162, 45, 40)
HSL	hsl(2, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(2, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.2%, 75.3%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.32, 47.51, 31.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.32, 56.92, 33.41°)
OKLab	oklab(47.8% 0.1371 0.0704)
OKLCH	oklch(47.8% 0.154 27.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.2235, 9.7138, 3.0278)
Luminance	0.0971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A22D28 #289DA2

analogous

#A22860 #A22D28 #A26A28

triadic

#A22D28 #28A22D #2D28A2

tetradic

#A22D28 #60A228 #289DA2 #6A28A2

square

#A22D28 #60A228 #289DA2 #6A28A2

split-complementary

#A22D28 #28A26A #2860A2

monochromatic

#401210 #711F1C #A22D28 #CE3F39 #DA6F6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.14

#A22D28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#A22D28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A22D28

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A22D28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A22D28	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)

#4F4826

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6124

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a22d28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 45, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.154 27.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66e62',
    500: '#a22d28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a22d28;
$custom-light: #c66e62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a22d28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.459,
    "s": 60.396,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47797,
    "c": 0.1541,
    "h": 27.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A22D28

secondary

#65BDC1

accent

#DDE444

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECEA

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A22D28

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

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