#A9222D#A9222D

#A9222D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.170 H 22.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9222D
RGB	rgb(169, 34, 45)
HSL	hsl(355, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(355, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.9%, 73.4%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.43, 53.66, 28.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.43, 60.91, 28.24°)
OKLab	oklab(48.14% 0.1568 0.0656)
OKLCH	oklch(48.14% 0.17 22.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.4099, 9.7713, 3.4515)
Luminance	0.0977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9222D #22A99E

analogous

#A92271 #A9222D #A95B22

triadic

#A9222D #2DA922 #222DA9

tetradic

#A9222D #71A922 #22A99E #5B22A9

square

#A9222D #71A922 #22A99E #5B22A9

split-complementary

#A9222D #22A95B #2271A9

monochromatic

#430D12 #76181F #A9222D #D63240 #E0656F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.11

#A9222D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#A9222D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9222D

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9222D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9222D	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)

#4C462C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6228

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA0028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9222d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 34, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.170 22.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb6b66',
    500: '#a9222d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9222d;
$custom-light: #cb6b66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9222d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.111,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48144,
    "c": 0.16993,
    "h": 22.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9222D

secondary

#61C5BD

accent

#E9DB3E

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FBECEB

border

#D4C7C6

text

#150705

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9222D

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

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