#A81E40#A81E40

#A81E40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.172 H 13.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A81E40
RGB	rgb(168, 30, 64)
HSL	hsl(345, 70%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(345, 82%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.1%, 61.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.16, 55.51, 16.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.16, 57.91, 16.53°)
OKLab	oklab(48.02% 0.167 0.0403)
OKLCH	oklch(48.02% 0.172 13.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.5400, 9.6262, 5.7840)
Luminance	0.0962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A81E40 #1EA886

analogous

#A81E85 #A81E40 #A8411E

triadic

#A81E40 #40A81E #1E40A8

tetradic

#A81E40 #85A81E #1EA886 #411EA8

square

#A81E40 #85A81E #1EA886 #411EA8

split-complementary

#A81E40 #1EA841 #1E85A8

monochromatic

#400B18 #74152C #A81E40 #D92A55 #E25E7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.18

#A81E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.92

#A81E40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A81E40

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A81E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A81E40	1.00	7.18	2.92	7.18
#FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#474540

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A623C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a81e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 30, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.172 13.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c96a74',
    500: '#a81e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a81e40;
$custom-light: #c96a74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a81e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.217,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48018,
    "c": 0.17181,
    "h": 13.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A81E40

secondary

#5BC7AC

accent

#EDC13B

background

#FDF6F7

surface

#FAECED

border

#D3C7C8

text

#150708

muted

#837A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A81E40

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

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