#A22E21#A22E21

#A22E21 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.154 H 30.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A22E21
RGB	rgb(162, 46, 33)
HSL	hsl(6, 66%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(6, 80%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.6%, 79.6%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.39, 46.85, 35.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.39, 58.74, 37.10°)
OKLab	oklab(47.82% 0.1335 0.0773)
OKLCH	oklch(47.82% 0.154 30.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.1537, 9.7476, 2.4695)
Luminance	0.0974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A22E21 #2195A2

analogous

#A22154 #A22E21 #A26F21

triadic

#A22E21 #21A22E #2E21A2

tetradic

#A22E21 #54A221 #2195A2 #6F21A2

square

#A22E21 #54A221 #2195A2 #6F21A2

split-complementary

#A22E21 #21A26F #2154A2

monochromatic

#3C110C #6F2017 #A22E21 #D43D2C #DE6C5F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.12

#A22E21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#A22E21 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A22E21

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A22E21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A22E21	1.00	7.12	2.95	7.12
#FFFFFF	7.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#50481E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D611C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3002C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a22e21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 46, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.154 30.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66f5d',
    500: '#a22e21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a22e21;
$custom-light: #c66f5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a22e21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.047,
    "s": 66.154,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47818,
    "c": 0.1543,
    "h": 30.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A22E21

secondary

#5CB9C3

accent

#D8E93F

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#150804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A22E21

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

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