#A8201C#A8201C

#A8201C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.172 H 27.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8201C
RGB	rgb(168, 32, 28)
HSL	hsl(2, 71%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(2, 83%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81%, 83.3%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.83, 53.33, 38.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.83, 65.50, 35.49°)
OKLab	oklab(47.6% 0.1522 0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(47.6% 0.172 27.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.8767, 9.4445, 2.0327)
Luminance	0.0944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8201C #1CA4A8

analogous

#A81C5E #A8201C #A8661C

triadic

#A8201C #1CA820 #201CA8

tetradic

#A8201C #5EA81C #1CA4A8 #661CA8

square

#A8201C #5EA81C #1CA4A8 #661CA8

split-complementary

#A8201C #1CA866 #1C5EA8

monochromatic

#3F0C0B #741613 #A8201C #DB2B26 #E45F5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.27

#A8201C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#A8201C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8201C

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8201C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8201C	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)

#4C4419

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6114

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA0021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8201c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 32, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.172 27.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc695a',
    500: '#a8201c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8201c;
$custom-light: #cc695a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8201c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.714,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47599,
    "c": 0.17222,
    "h": 27.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8201C

secondary

#58C4C7

accent

#E9EE3A

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8201C

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

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