#A8211F#A8211F

#A8211F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.171 H 27.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8211F
RGB	rgb(168, 33, 31)
HSL	hsl(1, 69%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(1, 82%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.4%, 81.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.96, 53.13, 36.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.96, 64.46, 34.49°)
OKLab	oklab(47.7% 0.1522 0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(47.7% 0.171 27.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.9417, 9.5142, 2.2405)
Luminance	0.0951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8211F #1FA6A8

analogous

#A81F62 #A8211F #A8661F

triadic

#A8211F #1FA821 #211FA8

tetradic

#A8211F #62A81F #1FA6A8 #661FA8

square

#A8211F #62A81F #1FA6A8 #661FA8

split-complementary

#A8211F #1FA866 #1F62A8

monochromatic

#410D0C #741715 #A8211F #D82F2C #E26260

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.24

#A8211F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.90

#A8211F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8211F

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8211F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8211F	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)

#4C441D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6118

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B90023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8211f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 33, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.171 27.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb6a5c',
    500: '#a8211f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8211f;
$custom-light: #cb6a5c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8211f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.876,
    "s": 68.844,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47704,
    "c": 0.17117,
    "h": 27.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8211F

secondary

#5DC5C6

accent

#E9EC3C

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8211F

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

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