#A82829#A82829

#A82829 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.165 H 25.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A82829
RGB	rgb(168, 40, 41)
HSL	hsl(360, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(360, 76%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.2%, 75.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.85, 51.29, 31.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.85, 60.28, 31.69°)
OKLab	oklab(48.41% 0.1485 0.0709)
OKLCH	oklch(48.41% 0.165 25.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.3095, 10.0052, 3.1172)
Luminance	0.1000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A82829 #28A8A7

analogous

#A82869 #A82829 #A86728

triadic

#A82829 #29A828 #2829A8

tetradic

#A82829 #69A828 #28A8A7 #6728A8

square

#A82829 #69A828 #28A8A7 #6728A8

split-complementary

#A82829 #28A867 #2869A8

monochromatic

#451011 #771C1D #A82829 #D13D3E #DC6E6F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.00

#A82829 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

3.00

#A82829 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A82829

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A82829	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A82829	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)

#4F4728

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6324

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a82829;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 40, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.165 25.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6d63',
    500: '#a82829',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a82829;
$custom-light: #ca6d63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a82829",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.531,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48405,
    "c": 0.16455,
    "h": 25.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.10003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A82829

secondary

#69C3C2

accent

#E5E343

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECEA

border

#D4C7C6

text

#150805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A82829

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

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