#A8212B#A8212B

#A8212B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.170 H 23.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8212B
RGB	rgb(168, 33, 43)
HSL	hsl(356, 67%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(356, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.4%, 74.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.10, 53.57, 29.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.10, 61.21, 28.93°)
OKLab	oklab(47.85% 0.1562 0.0669)
OKLCH	oklch(47.85% 0.17 23.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.1304, 9.5897, 3.2340)
Luminance	0.0959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8212B #21A89E

analogous

#A8216E #A8212B #A85B21

triadic

#A8212B #2BA821 #212BA8

tetradic

#A8212B #6EA821 #21A89E #5B21A8

square

#A8212B #6EA821 #21A89E #5B21A8

split-complementary

#A8212B #21A85B #216EA8

monochromatic

#420D11 #75171E #A8212B #D6303C #E0636C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.20

#A8212B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.92

#A8212B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8212B

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8212B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8212B	1.00	7.20	2.92	7.20
#FFFFFF	7.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B452A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6226

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B90026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8212b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 33, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.170 23.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6a64',
    500: '#a8212b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8212b;
$custom-light: #ca6a64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8212b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.556,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47852,
    "c": 0.16989,
    "h": 23.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8212B

secondary

#5FC5BE

accent

#EADD3E

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FBECEB

border

#D4C7C6

text

#150705

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8212B

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

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