#A22E22#A22E22

#A22E22 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.154 H 29.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A22E22
RGB	rgb(162, 46, 34)
HSL	hsl(6, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(6, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.6%, 79%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.40, 46.88, 34.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.40, 58.44, 36.65°)
OKLab	oklab(47.83% 0.1339 0.0764)
OKLCH	oklch(47.83% 0.154 29.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.1679, 9.7533, 2.5443)
Luminance	0.0975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A22E22 #2296A2

analogous

#A22256 #A22E22 #A26E22

triadic

#A22E22 #22A22E #2E22A2

tetradic

#A22E22 #56A222 #2296A2 #6E22A2

square

#A22E22 #56A222 #2296A2 #6E22A2

split-complementary

#A22E22 #22A26E #2256A2

monochromatic

#3D110D #6F2017 #A22E22 #D33E2E #DE6C61

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.12

#A22E22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#A22E22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A22E22

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A22E22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A22E22	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)

#504820

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D611D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3002C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a22e22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 46, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.154 29.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66f5e',
    500: '#a22e22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a22e22;
$custom-light: #c66f5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a22e22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.625,
    "s": 65.306,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47829,
    "c": 0.15414,
    "h": 29.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A22E22

secondary

#5DB9C3

accent

#D8E840

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#150804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A22E22

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

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