#A82828#A82828

#A82828 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.165 H 25.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A82828
RGB	rgb(168, 40, 40)
HSL	hsl(0, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(0, 76%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.2%, 76.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.84, 51.25, 32.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.84, 60.55, 32.17°)
OKLab	oklab(48.39% 0.1482 0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(48.39% 0.165 25.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.2923, 9.9983, 3.0264)
Luminance	0.1000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A82828 #28A8A8

analogous

#A82868 #A82828 #A86828

triadic

#A82828 #28A828 #2828A8

tetradic

#A82828 #68A828 #28A8A8 #6828A8

square

#A82828 #68A828 #28A8A8 #6828A8

split-complementary

#A82828 #28A868 #2868A8

monochromatic

#451010 #771C1C #A82828 #D13D3D #DC6E6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.00

#A82828 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

3.00

#A82828 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A82828

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A82828	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A82828	1.00	7.00	3.00	7.00
#FFFFFF	7.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4726

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6323

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a82828;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 40, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.165 25.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6d62',
    500: '#a82828',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a82828;
$custom-light: #ca6d62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a82828",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48392,
    "c": 0.16468,
    "h": 25.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A82828

secondary

#69C3C3

accent

#E5E543

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECEA

border

#D4C7C6

text

#150805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A82828

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

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