#A82421#A82421

#A82421 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.169 H 27.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A82421
RGB	rgb(168, 36, 33)
HSL	hsl(1, 67%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(1, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.6%, 80.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.30, 52.29, 35.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.30, 63.33, 34.33°)
OKLab	oklab(47.96% 0.1499 0.0774)
OKLCH	oklch(47.96% 0.169 27.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.0559, 9.6991, 2.4126)
Luminance	0.0970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A82421 #21A5A8

analogous

#A82162 #A82421 #A86721

triadic

#A82421 #21A824 #2421A8

tetradic

#A82421 #62A821 #21A5A8 #6721A8

square

#A82421 #62A821 #21A5A8 #6721A8

split-complementary

#A82421 #21A867 #2162A8

monochromatic

#420E0D #751917 #A82421 #D63430 #E06663

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.14

#A82421 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#A82421 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A82421

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A82421	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A82421	1.00	7.14	2.94	7.14
#FFFFFF	7.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D451F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E621B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B90025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a82421;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 36, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.169 27.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb6b5d',
    500: '#a82421',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a82421;
$custom-light: #cb6b5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a82421",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.333,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47964,
    "c": 0.16873,
    "h": 27.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A82421

secondary

#5FC3C5

accent

#E6EA3E

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A82421

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

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