#A8211B#A8211B

#A8211B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.172 H 28.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8211B
RGB	rgb(168, 33, 27)
HSL	hsl(3, 72%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(3, 84%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.4%, 83.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.92, 53.02, 38.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.92, 65.61, 36.09°)
OKLab	oklab(47.67% 0.151 0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(47.67% 0.172 28.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.8922, 9.4944, 1.9799)
Luminance	0.0949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8211B #1BA2A8

analogous

#A81B5B #A8211B #A8671B

triadic

#A8211B #1BA821 #211BA8

tetradic

#A8211B #5BA81B #1BA2A8 #671BA8

square

#A8211B #5BA81B #1BA2A8 #671BA8

split-complementary

#A8211B #1BA867 #1B5BA8

monochromatic

#3F0C0A #731713 #A8211B #DC2C24 #E45F59

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.25

#A8211B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.90

#A8211B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8211B

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8211B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8211B	1.00	7.25	2.90	7.25
#FFFFFF	7.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4418

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6113

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA0022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8211b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 33, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.172 28.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc6a59',
    500: '#a8211b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8211b;
$custom-light: #cc6a59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8211b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.553,
    "s": 72.308,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47665,
    "c": 0.17165,
    "h": 28.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8211B

secondary

#57C3C8

accent

#E7EF39

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150703

muted

#837A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8211B

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

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