#A22E2A#A22E2A

#A22E2A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.153 H 26.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#A22E2A
RGBrgb(162, 46, 42)
HSLhsl(2, 59%, 40%)
HSVhsv(2, 74%, 64%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 71.6%, 74.1%, 36.5%)
CIE-LABlab(37.49, 47.21, 30.35)
CIE-LCHlch(37.49, 56.13, 32.73°)
OKLaboklab(47.93% 0.1366 0.0687)
OKLCHoklch(47.93% 0.153 26.7)
XYZxyz(16.2970, 9.8050, 3.2245)
Luminance0.0980 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#A22E2A #2A9EA2
analogous
#A22A62 #A22E2A #A26A2A
triadic
#A22E2A #2AA22E #2E2AA2
tetradic
#A22E2A #62A22A #2A9EA2 #6A2AA2
square
#A22E2A #62A22A #2A9EA2 #6A2AA2
split-complementary
#A22E2A #2AA26A #2A62A2
monochromatic
#411211 #71201D #A22E2A #CD413D #D9716D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.09
#A22E2A on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96
#A22E2A on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A22E2A
7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##A22E2A#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##A22E2A1.007.092.967.09
#FFFFFF7.091.0021.001.00
#0000002.9621.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF7.091.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#4F4828
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#6C6126
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B2022E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #a22e2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 46, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.153 26.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c56f64',
    500: '#a22e2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #a22e2a;
$custom-light: #c56f64;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#a22e2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47929,
    "c": 0.15287,
    "h": 26.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#A22E2A
secondary
#68BDC0
accent
#DDE246
background
#FDF7F6
surface
#FAEDEB
border
#D3C8C6
text
#140805
muted
#837B7A

Preview Lab

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#A22E2A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva