#A81E3E#A81E3E

#A81E3E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.172 H 14.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A81E3E
RGB	rgb(168, 30, 62)
HSL	hsl(346, 70%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(346, 82%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.1%, 63.1%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.12, 55.39, 17.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.12, 58.15, 17.73°)
OKLab	oklab(47.97% 0.1662 0.043)
OKLCH	oklch(47.97% 0.172 14.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.4841, 9.6038, 5.4896)
Luminance	0.0960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A81E3E #1EA888

analogous

#A81E83 #A81E3E #A8431E

triadic

#A81E3E #3EA81E #1E3EA8

tetradic

#A81E3E #83A81E #1EA888 #431EA8

square

#A81E3E #83A81E #1EA888 #431EA8

split-complementary

#A81E3E #1EA843 #1E83A8

monochromatic

#400B18 #74152B #A81E3E #D92A53 #E25E7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.19

#A81E3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.92

#A81E3E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A81E3E

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A81E3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A81E3E	1.00	7.19	2.92	7.19
#FFFFFF	7.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#47453E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A613A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8002C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a81e3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 30, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.172 14.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c96a73',
    500: '#a81e3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a81e3e;
$custom-light: #c96a73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a81e3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.087,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47974,
    "c": 0.17168,
    "h": 14.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A81E3E

secondary

#5BC7AE

accent

#EDC33B

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEC

border

#D3C7C7

text

#150708

muted

#837A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A81E3E

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

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