#A8212E#A8212E

#A8212E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.170 H 22.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8212E
RGB	rgb(168, 33, 46)
HSL	hsl(354, 67%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(354, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.4%, 72.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.14, 53.70, 27.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.14, 60.48, 27.38°)
OKLab	oklab(47.9% 0.1573 0.0636)
OKLCH	oklch(47.9% 0.17 22)
XYZ	xyz(17.1874, 9.6125, 3.5347)
Luminance	0.0961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8212E #21A89B

analogous

#A82172 #A8212E #A85821

triadic

#A8212E #2EA821 #212EA8

tetradic

#A8212E #72A821 #21A89B #5821A8

square

#A8212E #72A821 #21A89B #5821A8

split-complementary

#A8212E #21A858 #2172A8

monochromatic

#420D12 #751720 #A8212E #D63040 #E0636F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.19

#A8212E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.92

#A8212E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8212E

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8212E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8212E	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)

#4B452D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6229

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B90027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8212e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 33, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.170 22.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6a66',
    500: '#a8212e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8212e;
$custom-light: #ca6a66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8212e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.222,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47897,
    "c": 0.16965,
    "h": 22
  },
  "luminance": 0.0961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8212E

secondary

#5FC5BC

accent

#EAD93E

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FBECEB

border

#D4C7C6

text

#150706

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8212E

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

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