#A6222B#A6222B

#A6222B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.167 H 23.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6222B
RGB	rgb(166, 34, 43)
HSL	hsl(356, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(356, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.5%, 74.1%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.80, 52.68, 29.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.80, 60.21, 28.96°)
OKLab	oklab(47.56% 0.1536 0.066)
OKLCH	oklch(47.56% 0.167 23.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.7359, 9.4281, 3.2236)
Luminance	0.0943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6222B #22A69D

analogous

#A6226D #A6222B #A65B22

triadic

#A6222B #2BA622 #222BA6

tetradic

#A6222B #6DA622 #22A69D #5B22A6

square

#A6222B #6DA622 #22A69D #5B22A6

split-complementary

#A6222B #22A65B #226DA6

monochromatic

#400D11 #73181E #A6222B #D5303C #DF636C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.28

#A6222B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#A6222B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A6222B

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6222B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A6222B	1.00	7.28	2.89	7.28
#FFFFFF	7.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B442A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6126

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B70027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6222b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 34, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.167 23.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c96a64',
    500: '#a6222b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6222b;
$custom-light: #c96a64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6222b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.909,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47558,
    "c": 0.16719,
    "h": 23.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6222B

secondary

#5FC4BD

accent

#E9DD3F

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#150705

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6222B

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

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