#A8202D#A8202D

#A8202D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.170 H 22.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8202D
RGB	rgb(168, 32, 45)
HSL	hsl(354, 68%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(354, 81%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81%, 73.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.02, 53.94, 28.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.02, 60.91, 27.68°)
OKLab	oklab(47.81% 0.1578 0.0644)
OKLCH	oklch(47.81% 0.17 22.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.1406, 9.5500, 3.4229)
Luminance	0.0955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8202D #20A89B

analogous

#A82071 #A8202D #A85720

triadic

#A8202D #2DA820 #202DA8

tetradic

#A8202D #71A820 #20A89B #5720A8

square

#A8202D #71A820 #20A89B #5720A8

split-complementary

#A8202D #20A857 #2071A8

monochromatic

#410C11 #75161F #A8202D #D72E3E #E1616E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.22

#A8202D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#A8202D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8202D

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8202D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8202D	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)

#4B452C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6128

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B90026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8202d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 32, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.170 22.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6a66',
    500: '#a8202d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8202d;
$custom-light: #ca6a66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8202d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.265,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47806,
    "c": 0.17046,
    "h": 22.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8202D

secondary

#5EC6BC

accent

#EBDA3D

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FBECEB

border

#D4C7C6

text

#150705

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8202D

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

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