#A7281C#A7281C

#A7281C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.165 H 29.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A7281C
RGB	rgb(167, 40, 28)
HSL	hsl(5, 71%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(5, 83%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76%, 83.2%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.52, 50.52, 38.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.52, 63.58, 37.38°)
OKLab	oklab(48.08% 0.1435 0.0821)
OKLCH	oklch(48.08% 0.165 29.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.9068, 9.8196, 2.1035)
Luminance	0.0982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A7281C #1C9BA7

analogous

#A71C55 #A7281C #A76D1C

triadic

#A7281C #1CA728 #281CA7

tetradic

#A7281C #55A71C #1C9BA7 #6D1CA7

square

#A7281C #55A71C #1C9BA7 #6D1CA7

split-complementary

#A7281C #1CA76D #1C55A7

monochromatic

#3E0F0A #731B13 #A7281C #DB3526 #E3665A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.09

#A7281C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96

#A7281C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A7281C

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A7281C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A7281C	1.00	7.09	2.96	7.09
#FFFFFF	7.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4619

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6215

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B80027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a7281c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 40, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.165 29.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6c5a',
    500: '#a7281c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a7281c;
$custom-light: #ca6c5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a7281c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.18,
    "s": 71.282,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48077,
    "c": 0.1653,
    "h": 29.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A7281C

secondary

#58BDC7

accent

#DEEE3A

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A7281C

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

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