#A82226#A82226

#A82226 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.170 H 25.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A82226
RGB	rgb(168, 34, 38)
HSL	hsl(358, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(358, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.8%, 77.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.14, 53.08, 32.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.14, 62.32, 31.60°)
OKLab	oklab(47.86% 0.1535 0.0723)
OKLCH	oklch(47.86% 0.17 25.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.0724, 9.6116, 2.7896)
Luminance	0.0961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A82226 #22A8A4

analogous

#A82269 #A82226 #A86122

triadic

#A82226 #26A822 #2226A8

tetradic

#A82226 #69A822 #22A8A4 #6122A8

square

#A82226 #69A822 #22A8A4 #6122A8

split-complementary

#A82226 #22A861 #2269A8

monochromatic

#420D0F #75181A #A82226 #D53237 #E06568

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.19

#A82226 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.92

#A82226 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A82226

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A82226	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A82226	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)

#4C4525

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6221

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B90025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a82226;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 34, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.170 25.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb6a61',
    500: '#a82226',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a82226;
$custom-light: #cb6a61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a82226",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.209,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47862,
    "c": 0.16964,
    "h": 25.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A82226

secondary

#61C5C2

accent

#E9E43F

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150705

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A82226

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

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