#A82C23#A82C23

#A82C23 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.102; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.162 H 28.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A82C23
RGB	rgb(168, 44, 35)
HSL	hsl(4, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(4, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.8%, 79.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.29, 49.66, 35.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.29, 61.11, 35.64°)
OKLab	oklab(48.71% 0.1421 0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(48.71% 0.162 28.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.3545, 10.2502, 2.6545)
Luminance	0.1025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A82C23 #239FA8

analogous

#A8235D #A82C23 #A86E23

triadic

#A82C23 #23A82C #2C23A8

tetradic

#A82C23 #5DA823 #239FA8 #6E23A8

square

#A82C23 #5DA823 #239FA8 #6E23A8

split-complementary

#A82C23 #23A86E #235DA8

monochromatic

#43110E #751F18 #A82C23 #D53E34 #DF6E66

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.89

#A82C23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.05

#A82C23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A82C23

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A82C23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A82C23	1.00	6.89	3.05	6.89
#FFFFFF	6.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514921

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70641E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a82c23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 44, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.162 28.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb6e5f',
    500: '#a82c23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a82c23;
$custom-light: #cb6e5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a82c23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.06,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48708,
    "c": 0.16198,
    "h": 28.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.10248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A82C23

secondary

#62BEC5

accent

#DDE83F

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDE9

border

#D4C8C5

text

#150804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A82C23

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

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