#A8202C#A8202C

#A8202C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.171 H 22.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8202C
RGB	rgb(168, 32, 44)
HSL	hsl(355, 68%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(355, 81%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81%, 73.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.01, 53.90, 28.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.01, 61.16, 28.20°)
OKLab	oklab(47.79% 0.1574 0.0656)
OKLCH	oklch(47.79% 0.171 22.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.1216, 9.5424, 3.3227)
Luminance	0.0954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8202C #20A89C

analogous

#A82070 #A8202C #A85820

triadic

#A8202C #2CA820 #202CA8

tetradic

#A8202C #70A820 #20A89C #5820A8

square

#A8202C #70A820 #20A89C #5820A8

split-complementary

#A8202C #20A858 #2070A8

monochromatic

#410C11 #75161F #A8202C #D72E3D #E1616D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.22

#A8202C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#A8202C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8202C

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8202C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8202C	1.00	7.22	2.91	7.22
#FFFFFF	7.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B452B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6127

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B90026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8202c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 32, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.171 22.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6a65',
    500: '#a8202c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8202c;
$custom-light: #ca6a65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8202c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.706,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47791,
    "c": 0.17054,
    "h": 22.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8202C

secondary

#5EC6BD

accent

#EBDC3D

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FBECEB

border

#D4C7C6

text

#150705

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8202C

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

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