#A82229#A82229

#A82229 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.169 H 24.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A82229
RGB	rgb(168, 34, 41)
HSL	hsl(357, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(357, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.8%, 75.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.17, 53.19, 30.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.17, 61.52, 30.16°)
OKLab	oklab(47.9% 0.1545 0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(47.9% 0.169 24.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.1227, 9.6317, 3.0549)
Luminance	0.0963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A82229 #22A8A1

analogous

#A8226C #A82229 #A85E22

triadic

#A82229 #29A822 #2229A8

tetradic

#A82229 #6CA822 #22A8A1 #5E22A8

square

#A82229 #6CA822 #22A8A1 #5E22A8

split-complementary

#A82229 #22A85E #226CA8

monochromatic

#420D10 #75181D #A82229 #D5323A #E0656B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.18

#A82229 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#A82229 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A82229

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A82229	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A82229	1.00	7.18	2.93	7.18
#FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4528

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6224

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B90026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a82229;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 34, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.169 24.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb6a63',
    500: '#a82229',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a82229;
$custom-light: #cb6a63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a82229",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.866,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47901,
    "c": 0.16933,
    "h": 24.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A82229

secondary

#61C5C0

accent

#E9E03F

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECEA

border

#D4C7C6

text

#150705

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A82229

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

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