#A82836#A82836

#A82836 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 48.6% C 0.163 H 20.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A82836
RGB	rgb(168, 40, 54)
HSL	hsl(353, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(353, 76%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.2%, 67.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.04, 51.92, 23.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.04, 57.17, 24.76°)
OKLab	oklab(48.61% 0.1534 0.0564)
OKLCH	oklch(48.61% 0.163 20.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.5750, 10.1114, 4.5156)
Luminance	0.1011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A82836 #28A89A

analogous

#A82876 #A82836 #A85A28

triadic

#A82836 #36A828 #2836A8

tetradic

#A82836 #76A828 #28A89A #5A28A8

square

#A82836 #76A828 #28A89A #5A28A8

split-complementary

#A82836 #28A85A #2876A8

monochromatic

#451016 #771C26 #A82836 #D13D4D #DC6E7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.95

#A82836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.02

#A82836 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A82836

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A82836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A82836	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)

#4D4836

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6332

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9002E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a82836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 40, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.6% 0.163 20.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c96d6d',
    500: '#a82836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a82836;
$custom-light: #c96d6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a82836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.438,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48607,
    "c": 0.16338,
    "h": 20.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A82836

secondary

#69C3B9

accent

#E5D343

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#150807

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A82836

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

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