#A82420#A82420

#A82420 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.169 H 27.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A82420
RGB	rgb(168, 36, 32)
HSL	hsl(2, 68%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(2, 81%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.6%, 81%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.29, 52.26, 36.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.29, 63.61, 34.76°)
OKLab	oklab(47.95% 0.1496 0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(47.95% 0.169 27.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.0421, 9.6936, 2.3399)
Luminance	0.0969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A82420 #20A4A8

analogous

#A82060 #A82420 #A86820

triadic

#A82420 #20A824 #2420A8

tetradic

#A82420 #60A820 #20A4A8 #6820A8

square

#A82420 #60A820 #20A4A8 #6820A8

split-complementary

#A82420 #20A868 #2060A8

monochromatic

#410E0C #751916 #A82420 #D7332E #E16561

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.15

#A82420 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#A82420 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A82420

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A82420	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A82420	1.00	7.15	2.94	7.15
#FFFFFF	7.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E451E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E621A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B90025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a82420;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 36, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.169 27.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb6b5c',
    500: '#a82420',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a82420;
$custom-light: #cb6b5c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a82420",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.765,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47953,
    "c": 0.16886,
    "h": 27.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A82420

secondary

#5EC3C6

accent

#E6EB3D

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A82420

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

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