#A8201B#A8201B

#A8201B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.172 H 28.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8201B
RGB	rgb(168, 32, 27)
HSL	hsl(2, 72%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(2, 84%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81%, 83.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.82, 53.30, 38.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.82, 65.78, 35.88°)
OKLab	oklab(47.59% 0.1519 0.0814)
OKLCH	oklch(47.59% 0.172 28.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.8649, 9.4397, 1.9708)
Luminance	0.0944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8201B #1BA3A8

analogous

#A81B5C #A8201B #A8671B

triadic

#A8201B #1BA820 #201BA8

tetradic

#A8201B #5CA81B #1BA3A8 #671BA8

square

#A8201B #5CA81B #1BA3A8 #671BA8

split-complementary

#A8201B #1BA867 #1B5CA8

monochromatic

#3F0C0A #731613 #A8201B #DC2B24 #E45E59

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.27

#A8201B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#A8201B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8201B

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8201B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8201B	1.00	7.27	2.89	7.27
#FFFFFF	7.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4418

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6113

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA0021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8201b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 32, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.172 28.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc6959',
    500: '#a8201b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8201b;
$custom-light: #cc6959;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8201b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.128,
    "s": 72.308,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47589,
    "c": 0.17234,
    "h": 28.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8201B

secondary

#57C4C8

accent

#E9EF39

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150703

muted

#837A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8201B

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

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