#A0282A#A0282A

#A0282A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 47.0% C 0.156 H 24.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A0282A
RGB	rgb(160, 40, 42)
HSL	hsl(359, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(359, 75%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75%, 73.8%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.29, 48.80, 28.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.29, 56.70, 30.61°)
OKLab	oklab(46.97% 0.1419 0.0655)
OKLCH	oklch(46.97% 0.156 24.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.6757, 9.1607, 3.1328)
Luminance	0.0916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A0282A #28A09E

analogous

#A02866 #A0282A #A06228

triadic

#A0282A #2AA028 #282AA0

tetradic

#A0282A #66A028 #28A09E #6228A0

square

#A0282A #66A028 #28A09E #6228A0

split-complementary

#A0282A #28A062 #2866A0

monochromatic

#3E1010 #6F1C1D #A0282A #CD383A #D9696B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.42

#A0282A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.83

#A0282A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A0282A

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A0282A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A0282A	1.00	7.42	2.83	7.42
#FFFFFF	7.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4529

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#695F26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a0282a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 40, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.0% 0.156 24.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c46c64',
    500: '#a0282a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a0282a;
$custom-light: #c46c64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a0282a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46965,
    "c": 0.15628,
    "h": 24.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A0282A

secondary

#64C0BE

accent

#E3E145

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECEA

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140705

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A0282A

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

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