#A82038#A82038

#A82038 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.170 H 17.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A82038
RGB	rgb(168, 32, 56)
HSL	hsl(349, 68%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(349, 81%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81%, 66.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.20, 54.49, 21.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.20, 58.63, 21.65°)
OKLab	oklab(47.99% 0.1621 0.0514)
OKLCH	oklch(47.99% 0.17 17.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.3807, 9.6461, 4.6873)
Luminance	0.0964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A82038 #20A890

analogous

#A8207C #A82038 #A84C20

triadic

#A82038 #38A820 #2038A8

tetradic

#A82038 #7CA820 #20A890 #4C20A8

square

#A82038 #7CA820 #20A890 #4C20A8

split-complementary

#A82038 #20A84C #207CA8

monochromatic

#410C16 #751627 #A82038 #D72E4C #E16178

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.17

#A82038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#A82038 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A82038

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A82038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A82038	1.00	7.17	2.93	7.17
#FFFFFF	7.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494538

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6234

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a82038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 32, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.170 17.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6a6e',
    500: '#a82038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a82038;
$custom-light: #ca6a6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a82038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.412,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47994,
    "c": 0.17,
    "h": 17.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A82038

secondary

#5EC6B4

accent

#EBCC3D

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#150707

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A82038

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

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