#A22E27#A22E27

#A22E27 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.153 H 27.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A22E27
RGB	rgb(162, 46, 39)
HSL	hsl(3, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(3, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.6%, 75.9%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.45, 47.08, 32.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.45, 56.97, 34.27°)
OKLab	oklab(47.89% 0.1355 0.0717)
OKLCH	oklch(47.89% 0.153 27.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.2453, 9.7843, 2.9522)
Luminance	0.0978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A22E27 #279BA2

analogous

#A2275D #A22E27 #A26C27

triadic

#A22E27 #27A22E #2E27A2

tetradic

#A22E27 #5DA227 #279BA2 #6C27A2

square

#A22E27 #5DA227 #279BA2 #6C27A2

split-complementary

#A22E27 #27A26C #275DA2

monochromatic

#3F120F #71201B #A22E27 #CF4037 #DB6F69

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.10

#A22E27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96

#A22E27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A22E27

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A22E27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A22E27	1.00	7.10	2.96	7.10
#FFFFFF	7.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504825

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6123

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a22e27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 46, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.153 27.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66f62',
    500: '#a22e27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a22e27;
$custom-light: #c66f62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a22e27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.415,
    "s": 61.194,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47889,
    "c": 0.15333,
    "h": 27.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A22E27

secondary

#64BCC1

accent

#DBE443

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDEA

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A22E27

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

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