#A82824#A82824

#A82824 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.165 H 27.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A82824
RGB	rgb(168, 40, 36)
HSL	hsl(2, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(2, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.2%, 78.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.79, 51.10, 34.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.79, 61.67, 34.04°)
OKLab	oklab(48.34% 0.1468 0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(48.34% 0.165 27.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.2277, 9.9725, 2.6865)
Luminance	0.0997 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A82824 #24A4A8

analogous

#A82462 #A82824 #A86A24

triadic

#A82824 #24A828 #2824A8

tetradic

#A82824 #62A824 #24A4A8 #6A24A8

square

#A82824 #62A824 #24A4A8 #6A24A8

split-complementary

#A82824 #24A86A #2462A8

monochromatic

#43100E #761C19 #A82824 #D43A35 #DF6B68

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.01

#A82824 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#A82824 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A82824

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A82824	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A82824	1.00	7.01	2.99	7.01
#FFFFFF	7.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4722

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F631F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B90029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a82824;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 40, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.165 27.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb6d5f',
    500: '#a82824',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a82824;
$custom-light: #cb6d5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a82824",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.818,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48343,
    "c": 0.16519,
    "h": 27.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A82824

secondary

#63C1C4

accent

#E3E840

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A82824

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

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