#A22E38#A22E38

#A22E38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.2% C 0.151 H 20.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A22E38
RGB	rgb(162, 46, 56)
HSL	hsl(355, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(355, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.6%, 65.4%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.70, 47.96, 22.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.70, 52.78, 24.67°)
OKLab	oklab(48.16% 0.142 0.0525)
OKLCH	oklch(48.16% 0.151 20.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.5928, 9.9233, 4.7823)
Luminance	0.0992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A22E38 #2EA298

analogous

#A22E72 #A22E38 #A25E2E

triadic

#A22E38 #38A22E #2E38A2

tetradic

#A22E38 #72A22E #2EA298 #5E2EA2

square

#A22E38 #72A22E #2EA298 #5E2EA2

split-complementary

#A22E38 #2EA25E #2E72A2

monochromatic

#431317 #722028 #A22E38 #CA434F #D7737C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.04

#A22E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.98

#A22E38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A22E38

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A22E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A22E38	1.00	7.04	2.98	7.04
#FFFFFF	7.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4938

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6235

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B20A33

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a22e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 46, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.2% 0.151 20.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c46f6e',
    500: '#a22e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a22e38;
$custom-light: #c46f6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a22e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.828,
    "s": 55.769,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48158,
    "c": 0.15136,
    "h": 20.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A22E38

secondary

#6DBFB8

accent

#DFD249

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A22E38

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

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