#A81D38#A81D38

#A81D38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.172 H 17.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A81D38
RGB	rgb(168, 29, 56)
HSL	hsl(348, 71%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(348, 83%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.7%, 66.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.91, 55.30, 21.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.91, 59.25, 21.03°)
OKLab	oklab(47.78% 0.1647 0.0506)
OKLCH	oklch(47.78% 0.172 17.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.3036, 9.4918, 4.6616)
Luminance	0.0949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A81D38 #1DA88D

analogous

#A81D7D #A81D38 #A8471D

triadic

#A81D38 #38A81D #1D38A8

tetradic

#A81D38 #7DA81D #1DA88D #471DA8

square

#A81D38 #7DA81D #1DA88D #471DA8

split-complementary

#A81D38 #1DA847 #1D7DA8

monochromatic

#400B15 #741427 #A81D38 #DA284B #E35C77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.25

#A81D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.90

#A81D38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A81D38

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A81D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A81D38	1.00	7.25	2.90	7.25
#FFFFFF	7.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#484438

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6134

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B90029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a81d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 29, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.172 17.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca696e',
    500: '#a81d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a81d38;
$custom-light: #ca696e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a81d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.345,
    "s": 70.558,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47784,
    "c": 0.17225,
    "h": 17.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A81D38

secondary

#5AC7B2

accent

#EDCB3A

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#150707

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A81D38

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

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