#A82823#A82823

#A82823 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.165 H 27.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A82823
RGB	rgb(168, 40, 35)
HSL	hsl(2, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(2, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.2%, 79.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.78, 51.06, 35.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.78, 61.95, 34.49°)
OKLab	oklab(48.33% 0.1465 0.0767)
OKLCH	oklch(48.33% 0.165 27.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.2127, 9.9665, 2.6072)
Luminance	0.0996 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A82823 #23A3A8

analogous

#A82360 #A82823 #A86B23

triadic

#A82823 #23A828 #2823A8

tetradic

#A82823 #60A823 #23A3A8 #6B23A8

square

#A82823 #60A823 #23A3A8 #6B23A8

split-complementary

#A82823 #23A86B #2360A8

monochromatic

#43100E #751C18 #A82823 #D53A34 #DF6B66

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.02

#A82823 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#A82823 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A82823

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A82823	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A82823	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)

#4F4721

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F631D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B90028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a82823;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 40, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.165 27.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb6d5f',
    500: '#a82823',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a82823;
$custom-light: #cb6d5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a82823",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.256,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48331,
    "c": 0.16533,
    "h": 27.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A82823

secondary

#62C1C5

accent

#E2E83F

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A82823

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

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