#A0282B#A0282B

#A0282B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.092; OKLCH L 47.0% C 0.156 H 24.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A0282B
RGB	rgb(160, 40, 43)
HSL	hsl(359, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(359, 75%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75%, 73.1%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.31, 48.85, 28.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.31, 56.44, 30.07°)
OKLab	oklab(46.98% 0.1422 0.0645)
OKLCH	oklch(46.98% 0.156 24.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.6938, 9.1680, 3.2283)
Luminance	0.0917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A0282B #28A09D

analogous

#A02867 #A0282B #A06128

triadic

#A0282B #2BA028 #282BA0

tetradic

#A0282B #67A028 #28A09D #6128A0

square

#A0282B #67A028 #28A09D #6128A0

split-complementary

#A0282B #28A061 #2867A0

monochromatic

#3E1011 #6F1C1E #A0282B #CD383C #D9696C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.41

#A0282B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.83

#A0282B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A0282B

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A0282B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A0282B	1.00	7.41	2.83	7.41
#FFFFFF	7.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B452A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#695F27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a0282b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 40, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.0% 0.156 24.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c46c64',
    500: '#a0282b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a0282b;
$custom-light: #c46c64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a0282b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.5,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46979,
    "c": 0.15616,
    "h": 24.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A0282B

secondary

#64C0BD

accent

#E3DF45

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140705

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A0282B

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →