#A8211E#A8211E

#A8211E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.171 H 27.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8211E
RGB	rgb(168, 33, 30)
HSL	hsl(1, 70%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(1, 82%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.4%, 82.1%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.95, 53.10, 37.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.95, 64.75, 34.90°)
OKLab	oklab(47.69% 0.1519 0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(47.69% 0.171 27.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.9287, 9.5090, 2.1721)
Luminance	0.0951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8211E #1EA5A8

analogous

#A81E60 #A8211E #A8661E

triadic

#A8211E #1EA821 #211EA8

tetradic

#A8211E #60A81E #1EA5A8 #661EA8

square

#A8211E #60A81E #1EA5A8 #661EA8

split-complementary

#A8211E #1EA866 #1E60A8

monochromatic

#400D0B #741715 #A8211E #D92E2A #E2615E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.24

#A8211E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.90

#A8211E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8211E

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8211E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8211E	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)

#4C441C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6117

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA0022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8211e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 33, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.171 27.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb6a5b',
    500: '#a8211e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8211e;
$custom-light: #cb6a5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8211e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.304,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47694,
    "c": 0.17129,
    "h": 27.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8211E

secondary

#5BC4C7

accent

#E9ED3B

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8211E

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

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