#A0281D#A0281D

#A0281D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 46.8% C 0.158 H 29.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A0281D
RGB	rgb(160, 40, 29)
HSL	hsl(5, 69%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(5, 82%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75%, 81.9%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.14, 48.30, 36.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.14, 60.40, 36.90°)
OKLab	oklab(46.81% 0.1375 0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(46.81% 0.158 29.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.4796, 9.0823, 2.1002)
Luminance	0.0908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A0281D #1D95A0

analogous

#A01D54 #A0281D #A06A1D

triadic

#A0281D #1DA028 #281DA0

tetradic

#A0281D #54A01D #1D95A0 #6A1DA0

square

#A0281D #54A01D #1D95A0 #6A1DA0

split-complementary

#A0281D #1DA06A #1D54A0

monochromatic

#380E0A #6C1B14 #A0281D #D43526 #E16257

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.46

#A0281D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.82

#A0281D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A0281D

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A0281D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A0281D	1.00	7.46	2.82	7.46
#FFFFFF	7.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D441A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A5F17

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B10027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a0281d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 40, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.8% 0.158 29.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c56b5a',
    500: '#a0281d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a0281d;
$custom-light: #c56b5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a0281d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.038,
    "s": 69.312,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46806,
    "c": 0.15807,
    "h": 29.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A0281D

secondary

#55BBC4

accent

#DDEC3C

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#150704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A0281D

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

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