#A5222E#A5222E

#A5222E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 47.4% C 0.166 H 22.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5222E
RGB	rgb(165, 34, 46)
HSL	hsl(355, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(355, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.4%, 72.1%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.64, 52.51, 27.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.64, 59.08, 27.27°)
OKLab	oklab(47.42% 0.1539 0.0621)
OKLCH	oklch(47.42% 0.166 22)
XYZ	xyz(16.5841, 9.3432, 3.5144)
Luminance	0.0934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5222E #22A599

analogous

#A52270 #A5222E #A55822

triadic

#A5222E #2EA522 #222EA5

tetradic

#A5222E #70A522 #22A599 #5822A5

square

#A5222E #70A522 #22A599 #5822A5

split-complementary

#A5222E #22A558 #2270A5

monochromatic

#400D12 #721820 #A5222E #D4303F #DF636E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.32

#A5222E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.87

#A5222E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A5222E

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5222E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A5222E	1.00	7.32	2.87	7.32
#FFFFFF	7.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A442D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B602A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B60028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5222e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 34, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.4% 0.166 22.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c86a66',
    500: '#a5222e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5222e;
$custom-light: #c86a66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5222e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.504,
    "s": 65.829,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47418,
    "c": 0.16596,
    "h": 22
  },
  "luminance": 0.09341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5222E

secondary

#5FC4BB

accent

#E9D93F

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#150706

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5222E

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

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