#A82538#A82538

#A82538 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.166 H 18.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A82538
RGB	rgb(168, 37, 56)
HSL	hsl(351, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(351, 78%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78%, 66.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.73, 53.00, 22.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.73, 57.50, 22.82°)
OKLab	oklab(48.39% 0.1573 0.0529)
OKLCH	oklch(48.39% 0.166 18.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.5257, 9.9362, 4.7357)
Luminance	0.0993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A82538 #25A895

analogous

#A82579 #A82538 #A85425

triadic

#A82538 #38A825 #2538A8

tetradic

#A82538 #79A825 #25A895 #5425A8

square

#A82538 #79A825 #25A895 #5425A8

split-complementary

#A82538 #25A854 #2579A8

monochromatic

#440F17 #761A27 #A82538 #D3374E #DE697A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.03

#A82538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#A82538 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A82538

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A82538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A82538	1.00	7.03	2.99	7.03
#FFFFFF	7.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4738

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6334

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a82538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 37, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.166 18.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c96c6e',
    500: '#a82538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a82538;
$custom-light: #c96c6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a82538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.298,
    "s": 63.902,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48385,
    "c": 0.16593,
    "h": 18.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A82538

secondary

#65C4B6

accent

#E7CF41

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#150807

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A82538

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

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