#A82A42#A82A42

#A82A42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.161 H 15.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A82A42
RGB	rgb(168, 42, 66)
HSL	hsl(349, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(349, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75%, 60.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.51, 51.97, 17.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.51, 54.68, 18.11°)
OKLab	oklab(49.03% 0.156 0.0417)
OKLCH	oklch(49.03% 0.161 15)
XYZ	xyz(17.9616, 10.3767, 6.2103)
Luminance	0.1037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A82A42 #2AA890

analogous

#A82A81 #A82A42 #A8512A

triadic

#A82A42 #42A82A #2A42A8

tetradic

#A82A42 #81A82A #2AA890 #512AA8

square

#A82A42 #81A82A #2AA890 #512AA8

split-complementary

#A82A42 #2AA851 #2A81A8

monochromatic

#46121C #771E2F #A82A42 #CF405B #DB7185

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.83

#A82A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.07

#A82A42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A82A42

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A82A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A82A42	1.00	6.83	3.07	6.83
#FFFFFF	6.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4A42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C643F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B80034

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a82a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 42, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.161 15.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c96e76',
    500: '#a82a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a82a42;
$custom-light: #c96e76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a82a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.571,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49027,
    "c": 0.16143,
    "h": 15
  },
  "luminance": 0.10374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A82A42

secondary

#6BC3B2

accent

#E3C545

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEDED

border

#D3C8C8

text

#140808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A82A42

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

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