#A82827#A82827

#A82827 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.165 H 26.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A82827
RGB	rgb(168, 40, 39)
HSL	hsl(0, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(0, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.2%, 76.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.83, 51.21, 32.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.83, 60.83, 32.65°)
OKLab	oklab(48.38% 0.1478 0.0729)
OKLCH	oklch(48.38% 0.165 26.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.2755, 9.9916, 2.9380)
Luminance	0.0999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A82827 #27A7A8

analogous

#A82766 #A82827 #A86827

triadic

#A82827 #27A828 #2827A8

tetradic

#A82827 #66A827 #27A7A8 #6827A8

square

#A82827 #66A827 #27A7A8 #6827A8

split-complementary

#A82827 #27A868 #2766A8

monochromatic

#451010 #761C1B #A82827 #D13C3B #DD6D6C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.01

#A82827 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

3.00

#A82827 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A82827

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A82827	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A82827	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)

#4F4725

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6322

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a82827;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 40, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.165 26.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6d61',
    500: '#a82827',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a82827;
$custom-light: #ca6d61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a82827",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.465,
    "s": 62.319,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48379,
    "c": 0.1648,
    "h": 26.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A82827

secondary

#67C3C3

accent

#E4E542

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECEA

border

#D4C7C6

text

#150805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A82827

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

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