#A6222C#A6222C

#A6222C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.167 H 22.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6222C
RGB	rgb(166, 34, 44)
HSL	hsl(355, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(355, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.5%, 73.5%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.81, 52.72, 28.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.81, 59.96, 28.44°)
OKLab	oklab(47.57% 0.154 0.0649)
OKLCH	oklch(47.57% 0.167 22.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.7545, 9.4355, 3.3214)
Luminance	0.0943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6222C #22A69C

analogous

#A6226E #A6222C #A65A22

triadic

#A6222C #2CA622 #222CA6

tetradic

#A6222C #6EA622 #22A69C #5A22A6

square

#A6222C #6EA622 #22A69C #5A22A6

split-complementary

#A6222C #22A65A #226EA6

monochromatic

#400D11 #73181F #A6222C #D5303D #DF636D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.27

#A6222C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#A6222C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A6222C

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6222C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A6222C	1.00	7.27	2.89	7.27
#FFFFFF	7.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B452B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6127

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B70027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6222c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 34, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.167 22.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c96a65',
    500: '#a6222c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6222c;
$custom-light: #c96a65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6222c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.455,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47572,
    "c": 0.1671,
    "h": 22.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6222C

secondary

#5FC4BD

accent

#E9DC3F

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#150705

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6222C

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

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