#A82523#A82523

#A82523 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.168 H 26.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A82523
RGB	rgb(168, 37, 35)
HSL	hsl(1, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(1, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78%, 79.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.43, 52.05, 34.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.43, 62.56, 33.70°)
OKLab	oklab(48.07% 0.1496 0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(48.07% 0.168 26.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.1154, 9.7720, 2.5748)
Luminance	0.0977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A82523 #23A6A8

analogous

#A82364 #A82523 #A86723

triadic

#A82523 #23A825 #2523A8

tetradic

#A82523 #64A823 #23A6A8 #6723A8

square

#A82523 #64A823 #23A6A8 #6723A8

split-complementary

#A82523 #23A867 #2364A8

monochromatic

#430F0E #751A18 #A82523 #D53634 #DF6866

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.11

#A82523 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#A82523 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A82523

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A82523	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A82523	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)

#4E4621

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E621D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B90026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a82523;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 37, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.168 26.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb6b5f',
    500: '#a82523',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a82523;
$custom-light: #cb6b5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a82523",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.902,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48069,
    "c": 0.16771,
    "h": 26.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A82523

secondary

#62C3C5

accent

#E6E83F

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A82523

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

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