#A82A23#A82A23

#A82A23 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.164 H 28.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A82A23
RGB	rgb(168, 42, 35)
HSL	hsl(3, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(3, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75%, 79.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.03, 50.37, 35.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.03, 61.53, 35.05°)
OKLab	oklab(48.52% 0.1443 0.0772)
OKLCH	oklch(48.52% 0.164 28.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.2818, 10.1048, 2.6302)
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

#A82A23 #23A1A8

analogous

#A8235E #A82A23 #A86D23

triadic

#A82A23 #23A82A #2A23A8

tetradic

#A82A23 #5EA823 #23A1A8 #6D23A8

square

#A82A23 #5EA823 #23A1A8 #6D23A8

split-complementary

#A82A23 #23A86D #235EA8

monochromatic

#43110E #751D18 #A82A23 #D53C34 #DF6D66

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.95

#A82A23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.02

#A82A23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A82A23

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A82A23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A82A23	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)

#504821

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F631E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a82a23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 42, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.164 28.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb6e5f',
    500: '#a82a23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a82a23;
$custom-light: #cb6e5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a82a23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.158,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48516,
    "c": 0.16368,
    "h": 28.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A82A23

secondary

#62C0C5

accent

#E0E83F

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A82A23

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

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