#A01516#A01516

#A01516 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 45.3% C 0.172 H 27.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A01516
RGB	rgb(160, 21, 22)
HSL	hsl(360, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(360, 87%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 86.9%, 86.3%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.13, 53.60, 38.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.13, 65.79, 35.44°)
OKLab	oklab(45.29% 0.1528 0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(45.29% 0.172 27.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.9121, 8.0703, 1.5315)
Luminance	0.0807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A01516 #15A09F

analogous

#A0155C #A01516 #A05915

triadic

#A01516 #16A015 #1516A0

tetradic

#A01516 #5CA015 #15A09F #5915A0

square

#A01516 #5CA015 #15A09F #5915A0

split-complementary

#A01516 #15A059 #155CA0

monochromatic

#340707 #6A0E0F #A01516 #D61C1D #E7484A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.03

#A01516 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.61

#A01516 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A01516

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A01516	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A01516	1.00	8.03	2.61	8.03
#FFFFFF	8.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#453D13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#665B0D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B10018

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a01516;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 21, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.3% 0.172 27.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66455',
    500: '#a01516',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a01516;
$custom-light: #c66455;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a01516",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.568,
    "s": 76.796,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4529,
    "c": 0.17212,
    "h": 27.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A01516

secondary

#49C8C7

accent

#F3F234

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBEBE9

border

#D4C6C5

text

#150603

muted

#837A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #A01516

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

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