#A8201E#A8201E

#A8201E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.172 H 27.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8201E
RGB	rgb(168, 32, 30)
HSL	hsl(1, 70%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(1, 82%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81%, 82.1%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.84, 53.39, 36.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.84, 64.93, 34.68°)
OKLab	oklab(47.62% 0.1528 0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(47.62% 0.172 27.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.9014, 9.4543, 2.1630)
Luminance	0.0945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8201E #1EA6A8

analogous

#A81E61 #A8201E #A8651E

triadic

#A8201E #1EA820 #201EA8

tetradic

#A8201E #61A81E #1EA6A8 #651EA8

square

#A8201E #61A81E #1EA6A8 #651EA8

split-complementary

#A8201E #1EA865 #1E61A8

monochromatic

#400C0B #741615 #A8201E #D92D2A #E2605E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.27

#A8201E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#A8201E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8201E

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8201E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8201E	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)

#4C441C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6117

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA0022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8201e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 32, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.172 27.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb695b',
    500: '#a8201e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8201e;
$custom-light: #cb695b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8201e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.87,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47618,
    "c": 0.172,
    "h": 27.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8201E

secondary

#5BC5C7

accent

#EAED3B

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8201E

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

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