#A02823#A02823

#A02823 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 46.9% C 0.157 H 27.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A02823
RGB	rgb(160, 40, 35)
HSL	hsl(2, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(2, 78%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75%, 78.1%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.20, 48.51, 32.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.20, 58.64, 34.18°)
OKLab	oklab(46.87% 0.1394 0.0726)
OKLCH	oklch(46.87% 0.157 27.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.5612, 9.1149, 2.5298)
Luminance	0.0911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A02823 #239BA0

analogous

#A0235C #A02823 #A06623

triadic

#A02823 #23A028 #2823A0

tetradic

#A02823 #5CA023 #239BA0 #6623A0

square

#A02823 #5CA023 #239BA0 #6623A0

split-complementary

#A02823 #23A066 #235CA0

monochromatic

#3C0F0D #6E1B18 #A02823 #D1352F #DC6661

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.44

#A02823 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.82

#A02823 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A02823

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A02823	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A02823	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)

#4C4421

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A5F1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B00028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a02823;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 40, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.9% 0.157 27.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c56c5e',
    500: '#a02823',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a02823;
$custom-light: #c56c5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a02823",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.4,
    "s": 64.103,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46872,
    "c": 0.15719,
    "h": 27.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A02823

secondary

#5DBDC1

accent

#E0E741

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#140704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A02823

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

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