#A2422B#A2422B

#A2422B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.133 H 34.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A2422B
RGB	rgb(162, 66, 43)
HSL	hsl(12, 58%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(12, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.3%, 73.5%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.82, 38.36, 33.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.82, 50.94, 41.15°)
OKLab	oklab(50.44% 0.1091 0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(50.44% 0.133 34.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.2863, 11.7545, 3.6436)
Luminance	0.1175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A2422B #2B8BA2

analogous

#A22B4F #A2422B #A27E2B

triadic

#A2422B #2BA242 #422BA2

tetradic

#A2422B #4FA22B #2B8BA2 #7E2BA2

square

#A2422B #4FA22B #2B8BA2 #7E2BA2

split-complementary

#A2422B #2BA27E #2B4FA2

monochromatic

#411B11 #722E1E #A2422B #CC5A3E #D9836F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.27

#A2422B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#A2422B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A2422B

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A2422B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A2422B	1.00	6.27	3.35	6.27
#FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5328

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746828

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B22D3D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a2422b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 66, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.133 34.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c47a65',
    500: '#a2422b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a2422b;
$custom-light: #c47a65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a2422b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.597,
    "s": 58.049,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50439,
    "c": 0.13285,
    "h": 34.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A2422B

secondary

#69AFC0

accent

#C3E147

background

#FCF7F6

surface

#F9EEEB

border

#D2C9C6

text

#140906

muted

#827B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A2422B

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

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