#A62222#A62222

#A62222 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.4% C 0.168 H 26.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A62222
RGB	rgb(166, 34, 34)
HSL	hsl(0, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(0, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.5%, 79.5%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.69, 52.33, 34.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.69, 62.62, 33.31°)
OKLab	oklab(47.44% 0.1505 0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(47.44% 0.168 26.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.5887, 9.3692, 2.4480)
Luminance	0.0937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A62222 #22A6A6

analogous

#A62264 #A62222 #A66422

triadic

#A62222 #22A622 #2222A6

tetradic

#A62222 #64A622 #22A6A6 #6422A6

square

#A62222 #64A622 #22A6A6 #6422A6

split-complementary

#A62222 #22A664 #2264A6

monochromatic

#400D0D #731818 #A62222 #D53030 #DF6363

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.31

#A62222 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.87

#A62222 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A62222

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A62222	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A62222	1.00	7.31	2.87	7.31
#FFFFFF	7.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4420

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C611C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B70024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a62222;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 34, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.4% 0.168 26.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6a5e',
    500: '#a62222',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a62222;
$custom-light: #ca6a5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a62222",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47441,
    "c": 0.16815,
    "h": 26.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A62222

secondary

#5FC4C4

accent

#E9E93F

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A62222

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

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