#A22E40#A22E40

#A22E40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.151 H 16.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A22E40
RGB	rgb(162, 46, 64)
HSL	hsl(351, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(351, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.6%, 60.5%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.86, 48.49, 17.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.86, 51.44, 19.52°)
OKLab	oklab(48.32% 0.1452 0.0421)
OKLCH	oklch(48.32% 0.151 16.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.8044, 10.0079, 5.8963)
Luminance	0.1001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A22E40 #2EA290

analogous

#A22E7A #A22E40 #A2562E

triadic

#A22E40 #40A22E #2E40A2

tetradic

#A22E40 #7AA22E #2EA290 #562EA2

square

#A22E40 #7AA22E #2EA290 #562EA2

split-complementary

#A22E40 #2EA256 #2E7AA2

monochromatic

#43131A #72202D #A22E40 #CA4358 #D77383

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.00

#A22E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

3.00

#A22E40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A22E40

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A22E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A22E40	1.00	7.00	3.00	7.00
#FFFFFF	7.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4A40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A623D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B10F35

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a22e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 46, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.151 16.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c46f74',
    500: '#a22e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a22e40;
$custom-light: #c46f74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a22e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.69,
    "s": 55.769,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4832,
    "c": 0.15118,
    "h": 16.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A22E40

secondary

#6DBFB2

accent

#DFC849

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDED

border

#D2C8C8

text

#140808

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A22E40

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

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