#A02838#A02838

#A02838 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 47.2% C 0.155 H 18.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A02838
RGB	rgb(160, 40, 56)
HSL	hsl(352, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(352, 75%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75%, 65%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.52, 49.55, 20.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.52, 53.60, 22.41°)
OKLab	oklab(47.2% 0.1473 0.0489)
OKLCH	oklch(47.2% 0.155 18.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.9715, 9.2791, 4.6907)
Luminance	0.0928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A02838 #28A090

analogous

#A02874 #A02838 #A05428

triadic

#A02838 #38A028 #2838A0

tetradic

#A02838 #74A028 #28A090 #5428A0

square

#A02838 #74A028 #28A090 #5428A0

split-complementary

#A02838 #28A054 #2874A0

monochromatic

#3E1016 #6F1C27 #A02838 #CD384C #D96978

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.35

#A02838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.86

#A02838 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A02838

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A02838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A02838	1.00	7.35	2.86	7.35
#FFFFFF	7.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4638

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#685F35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a02838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 40, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.2% 0.155 18.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c36c6e',
    500: '#a02838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a02838;
$custom-light: #c36c6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a02838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47204,
    "c": 0.15523,
    "h": 18.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A02838

secondary

#64C0B4

accent

#E3CE45

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F9ECEB

border

#D2C7C6

text

#140707

muted

#827A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A02838

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

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