#A82822#A82822

#A82822 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.165 H 28.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A82822
RGB	rgb(168, 40, 34)
HSL	hsl(3, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(3, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.2%, 79.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.77, 51.03, 35.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.77, 62.24, 34.93°)
OKLab	oklab(48.32% 0.1462 0.0776)
OKLCH	oklch(48.32% 0.165 28)
XYZ	xyz(17.1980, 9.9606, 2.5301)
Luminance	0.0996 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A82822 #22A2A8

analogous

#A8225F #A82822 #A86B22

triadic

#A82822 #22A828 #2822A8

tetradic

#A82822 #5FA822 #22A2A8 #6B22A8

square

#A82822 #5FA822 #22A2A8 #6B22A8

split-complementary

#A82822 #22A86B #225FA8

monochromatic

#42100D #751C18 #A82822 #D53932 #E06A65

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.02

#A82822 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#A82822 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A82822

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A82822	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A82822	1.00	7.02	2.99	7.02
#FFFFFF	7.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4720

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F631C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B90028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a82822;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 40, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.165 28.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb6d5e',
    500: '#a82822',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a82822;
$custom-light: #cb6d5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a82822",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.687,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4832,
    "c": 0.16547,
    "h": 28
  },
  "luminance": 0.09958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A82822

secondary

#61C1C5

accent

#E2E93F

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A82822

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

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