#A82B38#A82B38

#A82B38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.161 H 20.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A82B38
RGB	rgb(168, 43, 56)
HSL	hsl(354, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(354, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.4%, 66.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.45, 50.99, 23.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.45, 56.03, 24.47°)
OKLab	oklab(48.92% 0.1508 0.055)
OKLCH	oklch(48.92% 0.161 20)
XYZ	xyz(17.7280, 10.3407, 4.8031)
Luminance	0.1034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A82B38 #2BA89B

analogous

#A82B77 #A82B38 #A85D2B

triadic

#A82B38 #38A82B #2B38A8

tetradic

#A82B38 #77A82B #2BA89B #5D2BA8

square

#A82B38 #77A82B #2BA89B #5D2BA8

split-complementary

#A82B38 #2BA85D #2B77A8

monochromatic

#471218 #771F28 #A82B38 #CF4250 #DB727D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.85

#A82B38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.07

#A82B38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A82B38

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A82B38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A82B38	1.00	6.85	3.07	6.85
#FFFFFF	6.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4A38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6434

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B90031

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a82b38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 43, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.161 20.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c96e6e',
    500: '#a82b38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a82b38;
$custom-light: #c96e6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a82b38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.76,
    "s": 59.242,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4892,
    "c": 0.16054,
    "h": 20
  },
  "luminance": 0.10338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A82B38

secondary

#6CC2B9

accent

#E2D245

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#150807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A82B38

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

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