#A22F28#A22F28

#A22F28 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.152 H 27.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A22F28
RGB	rgb(162, 47, 40)
HSL	hsl(3, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(3, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71%, 75.3%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.61, 46.73, 31.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.61, 56.45, 34.12°)
OKLab	oklab(48.01% 0.1346 0.0711)
OKLCH	oklch(48.01% 0.152 27.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.3016, 9.8701, 3.0538)
Luminance	0.0987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A22F28 #289BA2

analogous

#A2285E #A22F28 #A26C28

triadic

#A22F28 #28A22F #2F28A2

tetradic

#A22F28 #5EA228 #289BA2 #6C28A2

square

#A22F28 #5EA228 #289BA2 #6C28A2

split-complementary

#A22F28 #28A26C #285EA2

monochromatic

#401310 #71211C #A22F28 #CE4239 #DA716A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.06

#A22F28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.97

#A22F28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A22F28

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A22F28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A22F28	1.00	7.06	2.97	7.06
#FFFFFF	7.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504926

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6224

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2042E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a22f28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 47, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.152 27.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c56f62',
    500: '#a22f28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a22f28;
$custom-light: #c56f62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a22f28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.443,
    "s": 60.396,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48009,
    "c": 0.15224,
    "h": 27.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A22F28

secondary

#65BBC1

accent

#DAE444

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDEA

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A22F28

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

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