#A82227#A82227

#A82227 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.170 H 24.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A82227
RGB	rgb(168, 34, 39)
HSL	hsl(358, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(358, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.8%, 76.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.15, 53.12, 32.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.15, 62.05, 31.13°)
OKLab	oklab(47.87% 0.1538 0.0713)
OKLCH	oklch(47.87% 0.17 24.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.0887, 9.6181, 2.8758)
Luminance	0.0961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A82227 #22A8A3

analogous

#A8226A #A82227 #A86022

triadic

#A82227 #27A822 #2227A8

tetradic

#A82227 #6AA822 #22A8A3 #6022A8

square

#A82227 #6AA822 #22A8A3 #6022A8

split-complementary

#A82227 #22A860 #226AA8

monochromatic

#420D0F #75181B #A82227 #D53238 #E06569

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.18

#A82227 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.92

#A82227 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A82227

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A82227	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A82227	1.00	7.18	2.92	7.18
#FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4526

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6222

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B90026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a82227;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 34, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.170 24.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb6a61',
    500: '#a82227',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a82227;
$custom-light: #cb6a61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a82227",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.761,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47874,
    "c": 0.16953,
    "h": 24.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A82227

secondary

#61C5C1

accent

#E9E33F

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECEA

border

#D4C7C6

text

#150705

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A82227

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

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