#A8211D#A8211D

#A8211D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.171 H 27.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8211D
RGB	rgb(168, 33, 29)
HSL	hsl(2, 71%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(2, 83%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.4%, 82.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.94, 53.07, 37.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.94, 65.03, 35.31°)
OKLab	oklab(47.68% 0.1516 0.0801)
OKLCH	oklch(47.68% 0.171 27.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.9162, 9.5040, 2.1059)
Luminance	0.0950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8211D #1DA4A8

analogous

#A81D5E #A8211D #A8661D

triadic

#A8211D #1DA821 #211DA8

tetradic

#A8211D #5EA81D #1DA4A8 #661DA8

square

#A8211D #5EA81D #1DA4A8 #661DA8

split-complementary

#A8211D #1DA866 #1D5EA8

monochromatic

#400C0B #741714 #A8211D #DA2D28 #E3605C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.24

#A8211D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.90

#A8211D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8211D

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8211D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8211D	1.00	7.24	2.90	7.24
#FFFFFF	7.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C441B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6116

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA0022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8211d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 33, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.171 27.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb6a5a',
    500: '#a8211d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8211d;
$custom-light: #cb6a5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8211d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.727,
    "s": 70.558,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47684,
    "c": 0.17141,
    "h": 27.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8211D

secondary

#5AC4C7

accent

#E8ED3A

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8211D

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

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