#A6222E#A6222E

#A6222E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.167 H 22.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6222E
RGB	rgb(166, 34, 46)
HSL	hsl(355, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(355, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.5%, 72.3%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.84, 52.81, 27.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.84, 59.48, 27.39°)
OKLab	oklab(47.6% 0.1547 0.0627)
OKLCH	oklch(47.6% 0.167 22.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.7930, 9.4509, 3.5242)
Luminance	0.0945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6222E #22A69A

analogous

#A62270 #A6222E #A65822

triadic

#A6222E #2EA622 #222EA6

tetradic

#A6222E #70A622 #22A69A #5822A6

square

#A6222E #70A622 #22A69A #5822A6

split-complementary

#A6222E #22A658 #2270A6

monochromatic

#400D12 #731820 #A6222E #D5303F #DF636F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.27

#A6222E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#A6222E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A6222E

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6222E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A6222E	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)

#4A452D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6129

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B70028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6222e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 34, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.167 22.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c96a66',
    500: '#a6222e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6222e;
$custom-light: #c96a66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6222e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.545,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47603,
    "c": 0.16694,
    "h": 22.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6222E

secondary

#5FC4BB

accent

#E9D93F

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#150706

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6222E

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

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