#A82427#A82427

#A82427 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.168 H 25.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A82427
RGB	rgb(168, 36, 39)
HSL	hsl(359, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(359, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.6%, 76.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.36, 52.51, 32.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.36, 61.65, 31.61°)
OKLab	oklab(48.04% 0.1519 0.0718)
OKLCH	oklch(48.04% 0.168 25.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.1476, 9.7358, 2.8954)
Luminance	0.0973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A82427 #24A8A5

analogous

#A82469 #A82427 #A86324

triadic

#A82427 #27A824 #2427A8

tetradic

#A82427 #69A824 #24A8A5 #6324A8

square

#A82427 #69A824 #24A8A5 #6324A8

split-complementary

#A82427 #24A863 #2469A8

monochromatic

#430E10 #76191B #A82427 #D43539 #DF686B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.13

#A82427 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#A82427 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A82427

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A82427	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A82427	1.00	7.13	2.95	7.13
#FFFFFF	7.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4626

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6222

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B90027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a82427;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 36, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.168 25.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb6b61',
    500: '#a82427',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a82427;
$custom-light: #cb6b61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a82427",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.636,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48035,
    "c": 0.16801,
    "h": 25.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A82427

secondary

#63C4C2

accent

#E8E440

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECEA

border

#D4C7C6

text

#150705

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A82427

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

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