#A82835#A82835

#A82835 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 48.6% C 0.163 H 20.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A82835
RGB	rgb(168, 40, 53)
HSL	hsl(354, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(354, 76%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.2%, 68.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.03, 51.86, 24.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.03, 57.38, 25.33°)
OKLab	oklab(48.59% 0.153 0.0576)
OKLCH	oklch(48.59% 0.163 20.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.5518, 10.1021, 4.3932)
Luminance	0.1010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A82835 #28A89B

analogous

#A82875 #A82835 #A85B28

triadic

#A82835 #35A828 #2835A8

tetradic

#A82835 #75A828 #28A89B #5B28A8

square

#A82835 #75A828 #28A89B #5B28A8

split-complementary

#A82835 #28A85B #2875A8

monochromatic

#451016 #771C25 #A82835 #D13D4C #DC6E79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.95

#A82835 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.02

#A82835 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A82835

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A82835	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A82835	1.00	6.95	3.02	6.95
#FFFFFF	6.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4834

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6331

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9002E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a82835;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 40, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.6% 0.163 20.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6d6c',
    500: '#a82835',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a82835;
$custom-light: #ca6d6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a82835",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.906,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4859,
    "c": 0.16344,
    "h": 20.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A82835

secondary

#69C3BA

accent

#E5D443

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#150806

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A82835

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

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