#A9222C#A9222C

#A9222C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.170 H 23.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9222C
RGB	rgb(169, 34, 44)
HSL	hsl(356, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(356, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.9%, 74%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.41, 53.62, 29.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.41, 61.16, 28.75°)
OKLab	oklab(48.13% 0.1564 0.0666)
OKLCH	oklch(48.13% 0.17 23.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.3909, 9.7637, 3.3513)
Luminance	0.0976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9222C #22A99F

analogous

#A9226F #A9222C #A95C22

triadic

#A9222C #2CA922 #222CA9

tetradic

#A9222C #6FA922 #22A99F #5C22A9

square

#A9222C #6FA922 #22A99F #5C22A9

split-complementary

#A9222C #22A95C #226FA9

monochromatic

#430D11 #76181F #A9222C #D6323E #E0656E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.11

#A9222C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#A9222C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9222C

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9222C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9222C	1.00	7.11	2.95	7.11
#FFFFFF	7.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C462B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6227

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA0027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9222c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 34, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.170 23.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb6b65',
    500: '#a9222c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9222c;
$custom-light: #cb6b65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9222c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.556,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48129,
    "c": 0.17002,
    "h": 23.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9222C

secondary

#61C5BE

accent

#E9DD3E

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FBECEB

border

#D4C7C6

text

#150705

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9222C

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

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