#A7222E#A7222E

#A7222E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.168 H 22.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A7222E
RGB	rgb(167, 34, 46)
HSL	hsl(355, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(355, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.6%, 72.5%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.04, 53.11, 27.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.04, 59.88, 27.50°)
OKLab	oklab(47.79% 0.1555 0.0633)
OKLCH	oklch(47.79% 0.168 22.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.0035, 9.5595, 3.5341)
Luminance	0.0956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A7222E #22A79B

analogous

#A72271 #A7222E #A75822

triadic

#A7222E #2EA722 #222EA7

tetradic

#A7222E #71A722 #22A79B #5822A7

square

#A7222E #71A722 #22A79B #5822A7

split-complementary

#A7222E #22A758 #2271A7

monochromatic

#410D12 #741820 #A7222E #D53140 #DF646F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.21

#A7222E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#A7222E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A7222E

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A7222E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A7222E	1.00	7.21	2.91	7.21
#FFFFFF	7.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B452D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6129

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B80028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a7222e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 34, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.168 22.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c96a66',
    500: '#a7222e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a7222e;
$custom-light: #c96a66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a7222e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.586,
    "s": 66.169,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47788,
    "c": 0.16791,
    "h": 22.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A7222E

secondary

#60C5BC

accent

#E9DA3F

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#150706

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A7222E

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

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