#A22E2C#A22E2C

#A22E2C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.153 H 25.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A22E2C
RGB	rgb(162, 46, 44)
HSL	hsl(1, 57%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(1, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.6%, 72.8%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.52, 47.31, 29.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.52, 55.58, 31.67°)
OKLab	oklab(47.96% 0.1373 0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(47.96% 0.153 25.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.3337, 9.8197, 3.4177)
Luminance	0.0982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A22E2C #2CA0A2

analogous

#A22C65 #A22E2C #A2692C

triadic

#A22E2C #2CA22E #2E2CA2

tetradic

#A22E2C #65A22C #2CA0A2 #692CA2

square

#A22E2C #65A22C #2CA0A2 #692CA2

split-complementary

#A22E2C #2CA269 #2C65A2

monochromatic

#421312 #72201F #A22E2C #CB4240 #D87270

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.09

#A22E2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96

#A22E2C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A22E2C

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A22E2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A22E2C	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)

#4F482B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6128

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2032F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a22e2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 46, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.153 25.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c56f65',
    500: '#a22e2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a22e2c;
$custom-light: #c56f65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a22e2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.017,
    "s": 57.282,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47957,
    "c": 0.15258,
    "h": 25.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A22E2C

secondary

#6ABEBF

accent

#DEE147

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140805

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A22E2C

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

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