#A5222A#A5222A

#A5222A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 47.4% C 0.166 H 23.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5222A
RGB	rgb(165, 34, 42)
HSL	hsl(356, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(356, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.4%, 74.5%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.58, 52.33, 29.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.58, 60.06, 29.38°)
OKLab	oklab(47.36% 0.1524 0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(47.36% 0.166 23.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.5089, 9.3132, 3.1184)
Luminance	0.0931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5222A #22A59D

analogous

#A5226C #A5222A #A55C22

triadic

#A5222A #2AA522 #222AA5

tetradic

#A5222A #6CA522 #22A59D #5C22A5

square

#A5222A #6CA522 #22A59D #5C22A5

split-complementary

#A5222A #22A55C #226CA5

monochromatic

#400D10 #72181D #A5222A #D4303A #DF636A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.34

#A5222A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.86

#A5222A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A5222A

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5222A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A5222A	1.00	7.34	2.86	7.34
#FFFFFF	7.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4429

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6025

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B60027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5222a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 34, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.4% 0.166 23.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c86a63',
    500: '#a5222a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5222a;
$custom-light: #c86a63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5222a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.336,
    "s": 65.829,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47358,
    "c": 0.1663,
    "h": 23.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5222A

secondary

#5FC4BE

accent

#E9DE3F

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECEA

border

#D3C7C6

text

#150705

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5222A

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

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