#A8202B#A8202B

#A8202B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.171 H 23.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8202B
RGB	rgb(168, 32, 43)
HSL	hsl(355, 68%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(355, 81%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81%, 74.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.99, 53.86, 29.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.99, 61.40, 28.70°)
OKLab	oklab(47.78% 0.1571 0.0666)
OKLCH	oklch(47.78% 0.171 23)
XYZ	xyz(17.1030, 9.5350, 3.2249)
Luminance	0.0953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8202B #20A89D

analogous

#A8206F #A8202B #A85920

triadic

#A8202B #2BA820 #202BA8

tetradic

#A8202B #6FA820 #20A89D #5920A8

square

#A8202B #6FA820 #20A89D #5920A8

split-complementary

#A8202B #20A859 #206FA8

monochromatic

#410C11 #75161E #A8202B #D72E3C #E1616C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.23

#A8202B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#A8202B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8202B

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8202B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8202B	1.00	7.23	2.91	7.23
#FFFFFF	7.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B442A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6126

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B90026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8202b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 32, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.171 23.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb6a64',
    500: '#a8202b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8202b;
$custom-light: #cb6a64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8202b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.147,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47777,
    "c": 0.17063,
    "h": 23
  },
  "luminance": 0.09532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8202B

secondary

#5EC6BD

accent

#EBDD3D

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FBECEB

border

#D4C7C6

text

#150705

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8202B

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

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