#A8203B#A8203B

#A8203B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.170 H 16.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8203B
RGB	rgb(168, 32, 59)
HSL	hsl(348, 68%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(348, 81%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81%, 64.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.26, 54.66, 19.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.26, 58.14, 19.91°)
OKLab	oklab(48.05% 0.1633 0.0475)
OKLCH	oklch(48.05% 0.17 16.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.4563, 9.6763, 5.0854)
Luminance	0.0967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8203B #20A88D

analogous

#A8207F #A8203B #A84920

triadic

#A8203B #3BA820 #203BA8

tetradic

#A8203B #7FA820 #20A88D #4920A8

square

#A8203B #7FA820 #20A88D #4920A8

split-complementary

#A8203B #20A849 #207FA8

monochromatic

#410C17 #751629 #A8203B #D72E50 #E1617B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.16

#A8203B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#A8203B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8203B

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8203B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8203B	1.00	7.16	2.93	7.16
#FFFFFF	7.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#49463B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6237

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9002C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8203b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 32, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.170 16.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c96a70',
    500: '#a8203b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8203b;
$custom-light: #c96a70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8203b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.088,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48053,
    "c": 0.17003,
    "h": 16.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8203B

secondary

#5EC6B1

accent

#EBC83D

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEC

border

#D3C7C7

text

#150707

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8203B

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

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