#A82225#A82225

#A82225 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.170 H 25.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A82225
RGB	rgb(168, 34, 37)
HSL	hsl(359, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(359, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.8%, 78%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.12, 53.04, 33.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.12, 62.59, 32.07°)
OKLab	oklab(47.85% 0.1531 0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(47.85% 0.17 25.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.0565, 9.6052, 2.7058)
Luminance	0.0960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A82225 #22A8A5

analogous

#A82268 #A82225 #A86222

triadic

#A82225 #25A822 #2225A8

tetradic

#A82225 #68A822 #22A8A5 #6222A8

square

#A82225 #68A822 #22A8A5 #6222A8

split-complementary

#A82225 #22A862 #2268A8

monochromatic

#420D0F #75181A #A82225 #D53235 #E06567

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.19

#A82225 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.92

#A82225 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A82225

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A82225	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A82225	1.00	7.19	2.92	7.19
#FFFFFF	7.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4523

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D621F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B90025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a82225;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 34, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.170 25.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb6a60',
    500: '#a82225',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a82225;
$custom-light: #cb6a60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a82225",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.657,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47849,
    "c": 0.16975,
    "h": 25.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A82225

secondary

#61C5C3

accent

#E9E53F

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150705

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A82225

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

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