#A62828#A62828

#A62828 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.163 H 25.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A62828
RGB	rgb(166, 40, 40)
HSL	hsl(0, 61%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(0, 76%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.9%, 75.9%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.45, 50.62, 31.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.45, 59.73, 32.05°)
OKLab	oklab(48.03% 0.1464 0.0709)
OKLCH	oklch(48.03% 0.163 25.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.8696, 9.7804, 3.0066)
Luminance	0.0978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A62828 #28A6A6

analogous

#A62867 #A62828 #A66728

triadic

#A62828 #28A628 #2828A6

tetradic

#A62828 #67A628 #28A6A6 #6728A6

square

#A62828 #67A628 #28A6A6 #6728A6

split-complementary

#A62828 #28A667 #2867A6

monochromatic

#431010 #751C1C #A62828 #D03B3B #DC6D6D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.11

#A62828 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96

#A62828 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A62828

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A62828	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A62828	1.00	7.11	2.96	7.11
#FFFFFF	7.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4726

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6223

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a62828;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 40, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.163 25.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c96d62',
    500: '#a62828',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a62828;
$custom-light: #c96d62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a62828",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 61.165,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48028,
    "c": 0.16266,
    "h": 25.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A62828

secondary

#67C2C2

accent

#E4E444

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECEA

border

#D3C7C6

text

#150805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A62828

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

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