#A22E2B#A22E2B

#A22E2B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.153 H 26.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A22E2B
RGB	rgb(162, 46, 43)
HSL	hsl(2, 58%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(2, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.6%, 73.5%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.50, 47.26, 29.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.50, 55.85, 32.20°)
OKLab	oklab(47.94% 0.1369 0.0676)
OKLCH	oklch(47.94% 0.153 26.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.3152, 9.8122, 3.3199)
Luminance	0.0981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A22E2B #2B9FA2

analogous

#A22B63 #A22E2B #A26A2B

triadic

#A22E2B #2BA22E #2E2BA2

tetradic

#A22E2B #63A22B #2B9FA2 #6A2BA2

square

#A22E2B #63A22B #2B9FA2 #6A2BA2

split-complementary

#A22E2B #2BA26A #2B63A2

monochromatic

#411311 #72201E #A22E2B #CC423E #D9716F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.09

#A22E2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96

#A22E2B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A22E2B

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A22E2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A22E2B	1.00	7.09	2.96	7.09
#FFFFFF	7.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F482A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6127

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2022F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a22e2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 46, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.153 26.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c56f64',
    500: '#a22e2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a22e2b;
$custom-light: #c56f64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a22e2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.513,
    "s": 58.049,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47943,
    "c": 0.15272,
    "h": 26.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A22E2B

secondary

#69BEC0

accent

#DDE147

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140805

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A22E2B

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

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