#A82028#A82028

#A82028 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.171 H 24.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A82028
RGB	rgb(168, 32, 40)
HSL	hsl(356, 68%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(356, 81%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81%, 76.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.96, 53.73, 31.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.96, 62.17, 30.19°)
OKLab	oklab(47.74% 0.156 0.0698)
OKLCH	oklch(47.74% 0.171 24.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.0500, 9.5138, 2.9457)
Luminance	0.0951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A82028 #20A8A0

analogous

#A8206C #A82028 #A85C20

triadic

#A82028 #28A820 #2028A8

tetradic

#A82028 #6CA820 #20A8A0 #5C20A8

square

#A82028 #6CA820 #20A8A0 #5C20A8

split-complementary

#A82028 #20A85C #206CA8

monochromatic

#410C10 #75161C #A82028 #D72E38 #E16169

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.24

#A82028 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.90

#A82028 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A82028

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A82028	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A82028	1.00	7.24	2.90	7.24
#FFFFFF	7.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4427

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6123

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B90025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a82028;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 32, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.171 24.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb6a62',
    500: '#a82028',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a82028;
$custom-light: #cb6a62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a82028",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.471,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47735,
    "c": 0.1709,
    "h": 24.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A82028

secondary

#5EC6C0

accent

#EBE13D

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECEA

border

#D4C7C6

text

#150705

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A82028

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

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