#A82A22#A82A22

#A82A22 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.164 H 28.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A82A22
RGB	rgb(168, 42, 34)
HSL	hsl(4, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(4, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75%, 79.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.02, 50.34, 35.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.02, 61.82, 35.49°)
OKLab	oklab(48.51% 0.144 0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(48.51% 0.164 28.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.2672, 10.0990, 2.5532)
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

#A82A22 #22A0A8

analogous

#A8225D #A82A22 #A86D22

triadic

#A82A22 #22A82A #2A22A8

tetradic

#A82A22 #5DA822 #22A0A8 #6D22A8

square

#A82A22 #5DA822 #22A0A8 #6D22A8

split-complementary

#A82A22 #22A86D #225DA8

monochromatic

#42110D #751D18 #A82A22 #D53C32 #E06C65

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.96

#A82A22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.02

#A82A22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A82A22

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A82A22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A82A22	1.00	6.96	3.02	6.96
#FFFFFF	6.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504820

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F631C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a82a22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 42, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.164 28.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb6e5e',
    500: '#a82a22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a82a22;
$custom-light: #cb6e5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a82a22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.582,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48505,
    "c": 0.16382,
    "h": 28.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.10096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A82A22

secondary

#61BFC5

accent

#DFE93F

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A82A22

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

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