#A5222C#A5222C

#A5222C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 47.4% C 0.166 H 22.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5222C
RGB	rgb(165, 34, 44)
HSL	hsl(355, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(355, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.4%, 73.3%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.61, 52.42, 28.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.61, 59.56, 28.34°)
OKLab	oklab(47.39% 0.1532 0.0644)
OKLCH	oklch(47.39% 0.166 22.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.5456, 9.3278, 3.3116)
Luminance	0.0932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5222C #22A59B

analogous

#A5226E #A5222C #A55A22

triadic

#A5222C #2CA522 #222CA5

tetradic

#A5222C #6EA522 #22A59B #5A22A5

square

#A5222C #6EA522 #22A59B #5A22A5

split-complementary

#A5222C #22A55A #226EA5

monochromatic

#400D11 #72181E #A5222C #D4303C #DF636C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.33

#A5222C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.87

#A5222C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A5222C

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5222C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A5222C	1.00	7.33	2.87	7.33
#FFFFFF	7.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A442B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6027

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B60027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5222c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 34, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.4% 0.166 22.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c86a65',
    500: '#a5222c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5222c;
$custom-light: #c86a65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5222c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.42,
    "s": 65.829,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47387,
    "c": 0.16613,
    "h": 22.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5222C

secondary

#5FC4BC

accent

#E9DC3F

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#150705

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5222C

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

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