#A22E29#A22E29

#A22E29 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.153 H 27.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A22E29
RGB	rgb(162, 46, 41)
HSL	hsl(2, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(2, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.6%, 74.7%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.48, 47.17, 30.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.48, 56.40, 33.25°)
OKLab	oklab(47.92% 0.1362 0.0697)
OKLCH	oklch(47.92% 0.153 27.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.2794, 9.7979, 3.1314)
Luminance	0.0979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A22E29 #299DA2

analogous

#A22961 #A22E29 #A26A29

triadic

#A22E29 #29A22E #2E29A2

tetradic

#A22E29 #61A229 #299DA2 #6A29A2

square

#A22E29 #61A229 #299DA2 #6A29A2

split-complementary

#A22E29 #29A26A #2961A2

monochromatic

#401210 #71201D #A22E29 #CD413B #DA706C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.10

#A22E29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96

#A22E29 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A22E29

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A22E29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A22E29	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)

#504827

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6125

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2012E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a22e29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 46, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.153 27.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c56f63',
    500: '#a22e29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a22e29;
$custom-light: #c56f63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a22e29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.479,
    "s": 59.606,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47915,
    "c": 0.15302,
    "h": 27.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A22E29

secondary

#67BDC0

accent

#DCE345

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDEA

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A22E29

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

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