#A81E35#A81E35

#A81E35 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.172 H 18.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A81E35
RGB	rgb(168, 30, 53)
HSL	hsl(350, 70%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(350, 82%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.1%, 68.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.95, 54.88, 23.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.95, 59.59, 22.93°)
OKLab	oklab(47.8% 0.1626 0.0546)
OKLCH	oklch(47.8% 0.172 18.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.2573, 9.5131, 4.2950)
Luminance	0.0951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A81E35 #1EA891

analogous

#A81E7A #A81E35 #A84C1E

triadic

#A81E35 #35A81E #1E35A8

tetradic

#A81E35 #7AA81E #1EA891 #4C1EA8

square

#A81E35 #7AA81E #1EA891 #4C1EA8

split-complementary

#A81E35 #1EA84C #1E7AA8

monochromatic

#400B14 #741525 #A81E35 #D92A47 #E25E74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.24

#A81E35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.90

#A81E35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A81E35

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A81E35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A81E35	1.00	7.24	2.90	7.24
#FFFFFF	7.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494435

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6131

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B90028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a81e35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 30, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.172 18.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca696c',
    500: '#a81e35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a81e35;
$custom-light: #ca696c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a81e35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47796,
    "c": 0.17154,
    "h": 18.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A81E35

secondary

#5BC7B5

accent

#EDCF3B

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#150706

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A81E35

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

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