#A82524#A82524

#A82524 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.168 H 26.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A82524
RGB	rgb(168, 37, 36)
HSL	hsl(0, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(0, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78%, 78.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.44, 52.08, 34.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.44, 62.28, 33.25°)
OKLab	oklab(48.08% 0.1499 0.0749)
OKLCH	oklch(48.08% 0.168 26.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.1305, 9.7781, 2.6541)
Luminance	0.0978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A82524 #24A7A8

analogous

#A82465 #A82524 #A86724

triadic

#A82524 #24A825 #2524A8

tetradic

#A82524 #65A824 #24A7A8 #6724A8

square

#A82524 #65A824 #24A7A8 #6724A8

split-complementary

#A82524 #24A867 #2465A8

monochromatic

#430F0E #761A19 #A82524 #D43735 #DF6968

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.11

#A82524 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#A82524 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A82524

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A82524	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A82524	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)

#4E4622

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E621E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B90027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a82524;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 37, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.168 26.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb6b5f',
    500: '#a82524',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a82524;
$custom-light: #cb6b5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a82524",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.455,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48081,
    "c": 0.16759,
    "h": 26.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A82524

secondary

#63C4C4

accent

#E6E840

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A82524

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

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