#A82522#A82522

#A82522 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.168 H 27.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A82522
RGB	rgb(168, 37, 34)
HSL	hsl(1, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(1, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78%, 79.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.42, 52.01, 35.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.42, 62.85, 34.15°)
OKLab	oklab(48.06% 0.1493 0.0768)
OKLCH	oklch(48.06% 0.168 27.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.1008, 9.7662, 2.4977)
Luminance	0.0976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A82522 #22A5A8

analogous

#A82262 #A82522 #A86822

triadic

#A82522 #22A825 #2522A8

tetradic

#A82522 #62A822 #22A5A8 #6822A8

square

#A82522 #62A822 #22A5A8 #6822A8

split-complementary

#A82522 #22A868 #2262A8

monochromatic

#420F0D #751A18 #A82522 #D53532 #E06765

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.11

#A82522 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#A82522 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A82522

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A82522	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A82522	1.00	7.11	2.95	7.11
#FFFFFF	7.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4620

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E621C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B90026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a82522;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 37, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.168 27.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb6b5e',
    500: '#a82522',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a82522;
$custom-light: #cb6b5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a82522",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.343,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48058,
    "c": 0.16784,
    "h": 27.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A82522

secondary

#61C3C5

accent

#E5E93F

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A82522

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

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