#A82021#A82021

#A82021 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.172 H 26.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A82021
RGB	rgb(168, 32, 33)
HSL	hsl(360, 68%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(360, 81%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81%, 80.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.87, 53.48, 35.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.87, 64.07, 33.42°)
OKLab	oklab(47.65% 0.1537 0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(47.65% 0.172 26.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.9416, 9.4704, 2.3745)
Luminance	0.0947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A82021 #20A8A7

analogous

#A82065 #A82021 #A86320

triadic

#A82021 #21A820 #2021A8

tetradic

#A82021 #65A820 #20A8A7 #6320A8

square

#A82021 #65A820 #20A8A7 #6320A8

split-complementary

#A82021 #20A863 #2065A8

monochromatic

#410C0D #751617 #A82021 #D72E2F #E16162

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.26

#A82021 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#A82021 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A82021

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A82021	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A82021	1.00	7.26	2.89	7.26
#FFFFFF	7.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C441F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D611B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B90023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a82021;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 32, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.172 26.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb6a5d',
    500: '#a82021',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a82021;
$custom-light: #cb6a5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a82021",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.559,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4765,
    "c": 0.17164,
    "h": 26.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A82021

secondary

#5EC6C5

accent

#EBEA3D

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A82021

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

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