#A2282B#A2282B

#A2282B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.3% C 0.158 H 24.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A2282B
RGB	rgb(162, 40, 43)
HSL	hsl(359, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(359, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.3%, 73.5%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.70, 49.49, 28.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.70, 57.28, 30.23°)
OKLab	oklab(47.34% 0.144 0.0656)
OKLCH	oklch(47.34% 0.158 24.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.0970, 9.3759, 3.2472)
Luminance	0.0937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A2282B #28A29F

analogous

#A22868 #A2282B #A26228

triadic

#A2282B #2BA228 #282BA2

tetradic

#A2282B #68A228 #28A29F #6228A2

square

#A2282B #68A228 #28A29F #6228A2

split-complementary

#A2282B #28A262 #2868A2

monochromatic

#401011 #711C1E #A2282B #CE393D #DA6A6D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.31

#A2282B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.87

#A2282B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A2282B

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A2282B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A2282B	1.00	7.31	2.87	7.31
#FFFFFF	7.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C462A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6027

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a2282b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 40, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.3% 0.158 24.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66c64',
    500: '#a2282b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a2282b;
$custom-light: #c66c64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a2282b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.525,
    "s": 60.396,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47343,
    "c": 0.15821,
    "h": 24.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A2282B

secondary

#65C1BE

accent

#E4E044

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140705

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A2282B

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

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