#A8282A#A8282A

#A8282A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.164 H 25.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8282A
RGB	rgb(168, 40, 42)
HSL	hsl(359, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(359, 76%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.2%, 75%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.86, 51.33, 31.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.86, 60.01, 31.20°)
OKLab	oklab(48.42% 0.1489 0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(48.42% 0.164 25.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.3272, 10.0123, 3.2102)
Luminance	0.1001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8282A #28A8A6

analogous

#A8286A #A8282A #A86628

triadic

#A8282A #2AA828 #282AA8

tetradic

#A8282A #6AA828 #28A8A6 #6628A8

square

#A8282A #6AA828 #28A8A6 #6628A8

split-complementary

#A8282A #28A866 #286AA8

monochromatic

#451011 #771C1E #A8282A #D13D3F #DC6E70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.00

#A8282A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

3.00

#A8282A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8282A

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8282A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8282A	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)

#4F4729

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6325

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8282a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 40, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.164 25.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6d64',
    500: '#a8282a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8282a;
$custom-light: #ca6d64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8282a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.063,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48419,
    "c": 0.16444,
    "h": 25.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8282A

secondary

#69C3C2

accent

#E5E243

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECEA

border

#D4C7C6

text

#150805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8282A

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

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