#A8282D#A8282D

#A8282D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.164 H 24.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#A8282D
RGBrgb(168, 40, 45)
HSLhsl(358, 62%, 41%)
HSVhsv(358, 76%, 66%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 76.2%, 73.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LABlab(37.90, 51.47, 29.32)
CIE-LCHlch(37.90, 59.23, 29.67°)
OKLaboklab(48.46% 0.1499 0.0667)
OKLCHoklch(48.46% 0.164 24)
XYZxyz(17.3829, 10.0346, 3.5037)
Luminance0.1003 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#A8282D #28A8A3
analogous
#A8286D #A8282D #A86328
triadic
#A8282D #2DA828 #282DA8
tetradic
#A8282D #6DA828 #28A8A3 #6328A8
square
#A8282D #6DA828 #28A8A3 #6328A8
split-complementary
#A8282D #28A863 #286DA8
monochromatic
#451013 #771C20 #A8282D #D13D42 #DC6E72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.99
#A8282D on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.01
#A8282D on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8282D
6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##A8282D#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##A8282D1.006.993.016.99
#FFFFFF6.991.0021.001.00
#0000003.0121.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.991.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#4E482C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#6E6329
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B9002B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #a8282d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 40, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.164 24.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6d66',
    500: '#a8282d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #a8282d;
$custom-light: #ca6d66;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#a8282d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.656,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48461,
    "c": 0.1641,
    "h": 24
  },
  "luminance": 0.10032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#A8282D
secondary
#69C3C0
accent
#E5DE43
background
#FDF6F6
surface
#FAECEB
border
#D3C7C6
text
#150806
muted
#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8282D

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#A8282D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva