#A22E48#A22E48

#A22E48 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.152 H 11.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A22E48
RGB	rgb(162, 46, 72)
HSL	hsl(347, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(347, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.6%, 55.6%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.03, 49.09, 12.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.03, 50.62, 14.12°)
OKLab	oklab(48.51% 0.1484 0.0311)
OKLCH	oklch(48.51% 0.152 11.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.0486, 10.1056, 7.1825)
Luminance	0.1010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A22E48 #2EA288

analogous

#A22E82 #A22E48 #A24E2E

triadic

#A22E48 #48A22E #2E48A2

tetradic

#A22E48 #82A22E #2EA288 #4E2EA2

square

#A22E48 #82A22E #2EA288 #4E2EA2

split-complementary

#A22E48 #2EA24E #2E82A2

monochromatic

#43131E #722033 #A22E48 #CA4362 #D7738A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.95

#A22E48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.02

#A22E48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A22E48

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A22E48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A22E48	1.00	6.95	3.02	6.95
#FFFFFF	6.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4A48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#696245

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B11339

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a22e48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 46, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.152 11.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c36f7a',
    500: '#a22e48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a22e48;
$custom-light: #c36f7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a22e48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.552,
    "s": 55.769,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48507,
    "c": 0.15166,
    "h": 11.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A22E48

secondary

#6DBFAD

accent

#DFBD49

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDED

border

#D2C8C8

text

#140809

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A22E48

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

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