#A02822#A02822

#A02822 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 46.9% C 0.157 H 27.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A02822
RGB	rgb(160, 40, 34)
HSL	hsl(3, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(3, 79%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75%, 78.8%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.19, 48.47, 33.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.19, 58.92, 34.65°)
OKLab	oklab(46.86% 0.1391 0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(46.86% 0.157 27.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.5466, 9.1091, 2.4527)
Luminance	0.0911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A02822 #229AA0

analogous

#A0225B #A02822 #A06722

triadic

#A02822 #22A028 #2822A0

tetradic

#A02822 #5BA022 #229AA0 #6722A0

square

#A02822 #5BA022 #229AA0 #6722A0

split-complementary

#A02822 #22A067 #225BA0

monochromatic

#3B0F0D #6E1B17 #A02822 #D2352D #DD655F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.44

#A02822 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.82

#A02822 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A02822

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A02822	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A02822	1.00	7.44	2.82	7.44
#FFFFFF	7.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4420

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A5F1D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B00028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a02822;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 40, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.9% 0.157 27.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c56c5e',
    500: '#a02822',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a02822;
$custom-light: #c56c5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a02822",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.857,
    "s": 64.948,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4686,
    "c": 0.15734,
    "h": 27.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A02822

secondary

#5CBDC2

accent

#E0E840

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#140704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A02822

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

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