#A62238#A62238

#A62238 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.167 H 17.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A62238
RGB	rgb(166, 34, 56)
HSL	hsl(350, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(350, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.5%, 66.3%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.00, 53.33, 21.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.00, 57.42, 21.77°)
OKLab	oklab(47.78% 0.1586 0.0507)
OKLCH	oklch(47.78% 0.167 17.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.0136, 9.5392, 4.6860)
Luminance	0.0954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A62238 #22A690

analogous

#A6227A #A62238 #A64E22

triadic

#A62238 #38A622 #2238A6

tetradic

#A62238 #7AA622 #22A690 #4E22A6

square

#A62238 #7AA622 #22A690 #4E22A6

split-complementary

#A62238 #22A64E #227AA6

monochromatic

#400D16 #731827 #A62238 #D5304C #DF6378

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.22

#A62238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#A62238 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A62238

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A62238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A62238	1.00	7.22	2.91	7.22
#FFFFFF	7.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494538

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6134

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6002C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a62238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 34, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.167 17.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c86a6e',
    500: '#a62238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a62238;
$custom-light: #c86a6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a62238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47777,
    "c": 0.16651,
    "h": 17.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A62238

secondary

#5FC4B4

accent

#E9CD3F

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#150707

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A62238

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

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