#A22F42#A22F42

#A22F42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.150 H 15.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A22F42
RGB	rgb(162, 47, 66)
HSL	hsl(350, 55%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(350, 71%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71%, 59.3%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.04, 48.24, 16.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.04, 50.88, 18.53°)
OKLab	oklab(48.47% 0.1448 0.0398)
OKLCH	oklch(48.47% 0.15 15.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.9018, 10.1101, 6.2146)
Luminance	0.1011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A22F42 #2FA28F

analogous

#A22F7B #A22F42 #A2552F

triadic

#A22F42 #42A22F #2F42A2

tetradic

#A22F42 #7BA22F #2FA28F #552FA2

square

#A22F42 #7BA22F #2FA28F #552FA2

split-complementary

#A22F42 #2FA255 #2F7BA2

monochromatic

#43131B #73212F #A22F42 #C9455B #D77585

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.95

#A22F42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.02

#A22F42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A22F42

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A22F42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A22F42	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)

#4D4A42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A623F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B11237

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a22f42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 47, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.150 15.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c47076',
    500: '#a22f42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a22f42;
$custom-light: #c47076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a22f42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.087,
    "s": 55.024,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4847,
    "c": 0.15015,
    "h": 15.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A22F42

secondary

#6EBFB1

accent

#DEC649

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDED

border

#D2C8C8

text

#140808

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A22F42

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

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