#A82728#A82728

#A82728 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.166 H 25.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A82728
RGB	rgb(168, 39, 40)
HSL	hsl(360, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(360, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.8%, 76.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.72, 51.59, 32.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.72, 60.76, 31.90°)
OKLab	oklab(48.3% 0.1492 0.0716)
OKLCH	oklch(48.3% 0.166 25.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.2590, 9.9318, 3.0153)
Luminance	0.0993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A82728 #27A8A7

analogous

#A82768 #A82728 #A86627

triadic

#A82728 #28A827 #2728A8

tetradic

#A82728 #68A827 #27A8A7 #6627A8

square

#A82728 #68A827 #27A8A7 #6627A8

split-complementary

#A82728 #27A866 #2768A8

monochromatic

#451010 #761B1C #A82728 #D13B3C #DD6C6D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.03

#A82728 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#A82728 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A82728

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A82728	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A82728	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)

#4E4726

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6323

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B90029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a82728;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 39, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.166 25.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6c62',
    500: '#a82728',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a82728;
$custom-light: #ca6c62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a82728",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.535,
    "s": 62.319,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48303,
    "c": 0.1655,
    "h": 25.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A82728

secondary

#67C3C3

accent

#E5E442

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECEA

border

#D4C7C6

text

#150805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A82728

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

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