#A8202E#A8202E

#A8202E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.170 H 21.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8202E
RGB	rgb(168, 32, 46)
HSL	hsl(354, 68%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(354, 81%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81%, 72.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.04, 53.99, 27.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.04, 60.68, 27.16°)
OKLab	oklab(47.82% 0.1582 0.0633)
OKLCH	oklch(47.82% 0.17 21.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.1601, 9.5578, 3.5255)
Luminance	0.0955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8202E #20A89A

analogous

#A82072 #A8202E #A85620

triadic

#A8202E #2EA820 #202EA8

tetradic

#A8202E #72A820 #20A89A #5620A8

square

#A8202E #72A820 #20A89A #5620A8

split-complementary

#A8202E #20A856 #2072A8

monochromatic

#410C12 #751620 #A8202E #D72E3F #E1616F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.21

#A8202E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#A8202E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8202E

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8202E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8202E	1.00	7.21	2.91	7.21
#FFFFFF	7.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A452D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6129

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B90027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8202e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 32, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.170 21.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6a66',
    500: '#a8202e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8202e;
$custom-light: #ca6a66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8202e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.824,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47822,
    "c": 0.1704,
    "h": 21.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8202E

secondary

#5EC6BB

accent

#EBD93D

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FBECEB

border

#D4C7C6

text

#150706

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8202E

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

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