#A22E35#A22E35

#A22E35 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.152 H 21.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A22E35
RGB	rgb(162, 46, 53)
HSL	hsl(356, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(356, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.6%, 67.3%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.65, 47.78, 23.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.65, 53.40, 26.51°)
OKLab	oklab(48.1% 0.1408 0.0562)
OKLCH	oklch(48.1% 0.152 21.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.5216, 9.8948, 4.4074)
Luminance	0.0989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A22E35 #2EA29B

analogous

#A22E6F #A22E35 #A2612E

triadic

#A22E35 #35A22E #2E35A2

tetradic

#A22E35 #6FA22E #2EA29B #612EA2

square

#A22E35 #6FA22E #2EA29B #612EA2

split-complementary

#A22E35 #2EA261 #2E6FA2

monochromatic

#431316 #722025 #A22E35 #CA434C #D77379

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.05

#A22E35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.98

#A22E35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A22E35

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A22E35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A22E35	1.00	7.05	2.98	7.05
#FFFFFF	7.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4934

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6232

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B20832

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a22e35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 46, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.152 21.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c56f6c',
    500: '#a22e35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a22e35;
$custom-light: #c56f6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a22e35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.379,
    "s": 55.769,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48103,
    "c": 0.15157,
    "h": 21.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A22E35

secondary

#6DBFBA

accent

#DFD649

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A22E35

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

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