#A9222E#A9222E

#A9222E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.2% C 0.170 H 22.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9222E
RGB	rgb(169, 34, 46)
HSL	hsl(355, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(355, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.9%, 72.8%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.44, 53.71, 28.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.44, 60.67, 27.72°)
OKLab	oklab(48.16% 0.1572 0.0644)
OKLCH	oklch(48.16% 0.17 22.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.4294, 9.7791, 3.5541)
Luminance	0.0978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9222E #22A99D

analogous

#A92271 #A9222E #A95A22

triadic

#A9222E #2EA922 #222EA9

tetradic

#A9222E #71A922 #22A99D #5A22A9

square

#A9222E #71A922 #22A99D #5A22A9

split-complementary

#A9222E #22A95A #2271A9

monochromatic

#430D12 #761820 #A9222E #D63241 #E06570

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.11

#A9222E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96

#A9222E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9222E

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9222E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9222E	1.00	7.11	2.96	7.11
#FFFFFF	7.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C462D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6229

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA0028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9222e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 34, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.2% 0.170 22.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb6b66',
    500: '#a9222e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9222e;
$custom-light: #cb6b66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9222e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.667,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48159,
    "c": 0.16985,
    "h": 22.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9222E

secondary

#61C5BD

accent

#E9DA3E

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FBECEB

border

#D4C7C6

text

#150706

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9222E

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

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