#A8212C#A8212C

#A8212C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.170 H 22.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8212C
RGB	rgb(168, 33, 44)
HSL	hsl(355, 67%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(355, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.4%, 73.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.11, 53.61, 29.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.11, 60.96, 28.42°)
OKLab	oklab(47.87% 0.1565 0.0658)
OKLCH	oklch(47.87% 0.17 22.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.1489, 9.5971, 3.3319)
Luminance	0.0959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8212C #21A89D

analogous

#A82170 #A8212C #A85A21

triadic

#A8212C #2CA821 #212CA8

tetradic

#A8212C #70A821 #21A89D #5A21A8

square

#A8212C #70A821 #21A89D #5A21A8

split-complementary

#A8212C #21A85A #2170A8

monochromatic

#420D11 #75171F #A8212C #D6303D #E0636D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.19

#A8212C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.92

#A8212C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8212C

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8212C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8212C	1.00	7.19	2.92	7.19
#FFFFFF	7.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B452B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6227

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B90027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8212c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 33, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.170 22.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6a65',
    500: '#a8212c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8212c;
$custom-light: #ca6a65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8212c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.111,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47866,
    "c": 0.1698,
    "h": 22.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8212C

secondary

#5FC5BD

accent

#EADC3E

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FBECEB

border

#D4C7C6

text

#150705

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8212C

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

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