#A22E23#A22E23

#A22E23 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.154 H 29.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A22E23
RGB	rgb(162, 46, 35)
HSL	hsl(5, 64%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(5, 78%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.6%, 78.4%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.41, 46.92, 34.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.41, 58.14, 36.19°)
OKLab	oklab(47.84% 0.1342 0.0755)
OKLCH	oklch(47.84% 0.154 29.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.1825, 9.7592, 2.6214)
Luminance	0.0976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A22E23 #2397A2

analogous

#A22357 #A22E23 #A26D23

triadic

#A22E23 #23A22E #2E23A2

tetradic

#A22E23 #57A223 #2397A2 #6D23A2

square

#A22E23 #57A223 #2397A2 #6D23A2

split-complementary

#A22E23 #23A26D #2357A2

monochromatic

#3D110D #702018 #A22E23 #D23E30 #DD6D62

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.12

#A22E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#A22E23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A22E23

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A22E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A22E23	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)

#504821

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D611E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3002C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a22e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 46, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.154 29.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66f5f',
    500: '#a22e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a22e23;
$custom-light: #c66f5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a22e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.197,
    "s": 64.467,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4784,
    "c": 0.15397,
    "h": 29.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A22E23

secondary

#5EBAC2

accent

#D9E740

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#140804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A22E23

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

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