#A8222E#A8222E

#A8222E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.169 H 22.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8222E
RGB	rgb(168, 34, 46)
HSL	hsl(355, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(355, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.8%, 72.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.24, 53.41, 27.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.24, 60.28, 27.61°)
OKLab	oklab(47.97% 0.1563 0.0639)
OKLCH	oklch(47.97% 0.169 22.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.2156, 9.6689, 3.5440)
Luminance	0.0967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8222E #22A89C

analogous

#A82271 #A8222E #A85922

triadic

#A8222E #2EA822 #222EA8

tetradic

#A8222E #71A822 #22A89C #5922A8

square

#A8222E #71A822 #22A89C #5922A8

split-complementary

#A8222E #22A859 #2271A8

monochromatic

#420D12 #751820 #A8222E #D53240 #E06570

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.16

#A8222E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#A8222E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8222E

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8222E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8222E	1.00	7.16	2.93	7.16
#FFFFFF	7.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B452D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6229

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B90028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8222e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 34, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.169 22.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6b66',
    500: '#a8222e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8222e;
$custom-light: #ca6b66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8222e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.627,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47973,
    "c": 0.16888,
    "h": 22.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8222E

secondary

#61C5BC

accent

#E9DA3F

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FBECEB

border

#D4C7C6

text

#150706

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8222E

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

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