#A0281E#A0281E

#A0281E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 46.8% C 0.158 H 29.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A0281E
RGB	rgb(160, 40, 30)
HSL	hsl(5, 68%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(5, 81%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75%, 81.3%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.15, 48.33, 35.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.15, 60.10, 36.47°)
OKLab	oklab(46.82% 0.1378 0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(46.82% 0.158 29.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.4922, 9.0873, 2.1663)
Luminance	0.0909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A0281E #1E96A0

analogous

#A01E55 #A0281E #A0691E

triadic

#A0281E #1EA028 #281EA0

tetradic

#A0281E #55A01E #1E96A0 #691EA0

square

#A0281E #55A01E #1E96A0 #691EA0

split-complementary

#A0281E #1EA069 #1E55A0

monochromatic

#390E0B #6C1B14 #A0281E #D43528 #E06359

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.45

#A0281E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.82

#A0281E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A0281E

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A0281E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A0281E	1.00	7.45	2.82	7.45
#FFFFFF	7.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C441B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A5F18

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B10027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a0281e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 40, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.8% 0.158 29.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c56b5b',
    500: '#a0281e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a0281e;
$custom-light: #c56b5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a0281e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.615,
    "s": 68.421,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46816,
    "c": 0.15792,
    "h": 29.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A0281E

secondary

#56BBC4

accent

#DEEB3D

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#150704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A0281E

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

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