#A0162C#A0162C

#A0162C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 45.6% C 0.170 H 20.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A0162C
RGB	rgb(160, 22, 44)
HSL	hsl(350, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(350, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 86.3%, 72.5%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.46, 54.13, 25.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.46, 59.83, 25.21°)
OKLab	oklab(45.62% 0.1593 0.0585)
OKLCH	oklch(45.62% 0.17 20.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.2405, 8.2317, 3.1688)
Luminance	0.0823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A0162C #16A08A

analogous

#A01671 #A0162C #A04516

triadic

#A0162C #2CA016 #162CA0

tetradic

#A0162C #71A016 #16A08A #4516A0

square

#A0162C #71A016 #16A08A #4516A0

split-complementary

#A0162C #16A045 #1671A0

monochromatic

#34070E #6A0F1D #A0162C #D61D3B #E64A63

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.94

#A0162C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.65

#A0162C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A0162C

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A0162C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A0162C	1.00	7.94	2.65	7.94
#FFFFFF	7.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#433F2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#655B27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B00021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a0162c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 22, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.6% 0.170 20.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c56565',
    500: '#a0162c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a0162c;
$custom-light: #c56565;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a0162c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.435,
    "s": 75.824,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45616,
    "c": 0.16972,
    "h": 20.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A0162C

secondary

#4AC8B4

accent

#F2D435

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAEBEB

border

#D3C6C6

text

#140605

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A0162C

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

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