#A8282E#A8282E

#A8282E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.164 H 23.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8282E
RGB	rgb(168, 40, 46)
HSL	hsl(357, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(357, 76%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.2%, 72.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.92, 51.51, 28.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.92, 58.98, 29.15°)
OKLab	oklab(48.48% 0.1503 0.0656)
OKLCH	oklch(48.48% 0.164 23.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.4024, 10.0424, 3.6063)
Luminance	0.1004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8282E #28A8A2

analogous

#A8286E #A8282E #A86228

triadic

#A8282E #2EA828 #282EA8

tetradic

#A8282E #6EA828 #28A8A2 #6228A8

square

#A8282E #6EA828 #28A8A2 #6228A8

split-complementary

#A8282E #28A862 #286EA8

monochromatic

#451013 #771C20 #A8282E #D13D43 #DC6E73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.98

#A8282E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.01

#A8282E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8282E

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8282E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8282E	1.00	6.98	3.01	6.98
#FFFFFF	6.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E482D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E632A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9002C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8282e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 40, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.164 23.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6d67',
    500: '#a8282e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8282e;
$custom-light: #ca6d67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8282e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.188,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48476,
    "c": 0.164,
    "h": 23.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8282E

secondary

#69C3BF

accent

#E5DD43

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#150806

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8282E

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

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