#A82826#A82826

#A82826 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.165 H 26.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A82826
RGB	rgb(168, 40, 38)
HSL	hsl(1, 63%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(1, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.2%, 77.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.82, 51.17, 33.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.82, 61.10, 33.12°)
OKLab	oklab(48.37% 0.1475 0.0739)
OKLCH	oklch(48.37% 0.165 26.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.2591, 9.9851, 2.8519)
Luminance	0.0998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A82826 #26A6A8

analogous

#A82665 #A82826 #A86926

triadic

#A82826 #26A828 #2826A8

tetradic

#A82826 #65A826 #26A6A8 #6926A8

square

#A82826 #65A826 #26A6A8 #6926A8

split-complementary

#A82826 #26A869 #2665A8

monochromatic

#44100F #761C1B #A82826 #D23B39 #DE6D6B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.01

#A82826 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

3.00

#A82826 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A82826

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A82826	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A82826	1.00	7.01	3.00	7.01
#FFFFFF	7.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4724

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6321

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B90029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a82826;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 40, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.165 26.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb6d61',
    500: '#a82826',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a82826;
$custom-light: #cb6d61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a82826",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.923,
    "s": 63.107,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48367,
    "c": 0.16493,
    "h": 26.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A82826

secondary

#66C2C4

accent

#E4E642

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A82826

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

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