#A22E28#A22E28

#A22E28 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.153 H 27.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A22E28
RGB	rgb(162, 46, 40)
HSL	hsl(3, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(3, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.6%, 75.3%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.46, 47.13, 31.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.46, 56.69, 33.76°)
OKLab	oklab(47.9% 0.1359 0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(47.9% 0.153 27.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.2621, 9.7910, 3.0406)
Luminance	0.0979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A22E28 #289CA2

analogous

#A2285F #A22E28 #A26B28

triadic

#A22E28 #28A22E #2E28A2

tetradic

#A22E28 #5FA228 #289CA2 #6B28A2

square

#A22E28 #5FA228 #289CA2 #6B28A2

split-complementary

#A22E28 #28A26B #285FA2

monochromatic

#401210 #71201C #A22E28 #CE4039 #DA706A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.10

#A22E28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96

#A22E28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A22E28

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A22E28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A22E28	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)

#504826

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6124

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2012E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a22e28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 46, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.153 27.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66f62',
    500: '#a22e28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a22e28;
$custom-light: #c66f62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a22e28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.951,
    "s": 60.396,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47902,
    "c": 0.15317,
    "h": 27.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A22E28

secondary

#65BCC1

accent

#DCE444

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDEA

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A22E28

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

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