#A8212F#A8212F

#A8212F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.170 H 21.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8212F
RGB	rgb(168, 33, 47)
HSL	hsl(354, 67%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(354, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.4%, 72%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.15, 53.75, 27.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.15, 60.25, 26.86°)
OKLab	oklab(47.91% 0.1577 0.0625)
OKLCH	oklch(47.91% 0.17 21.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.2074, 9.6205, 3.6397)
Luminance	0.0962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8212F #21A89A

analogous

#A82173 #A8212F #A85721

triadic

#A8212F #2FA821 #212FA8

tetradic

#A8212F #73A821 #21A89A #5721A8

square

#A8212F #73A821 #21A89A #5721A8

split-complementary

#A8212F #21A857 #2173A8

monochromatic

#420D12 #751721 #A8212F #D63041 #E06370

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.18

#A8212F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.92

#A8212F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8212F

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8212F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8212F	1.00	7.18	2.92	7.18
#FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B452E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C622A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B90028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8212f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 33, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.170 21.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6a67',
    500: '#a8212f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8212f;
$custom-light: #ca6a67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8212f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.778,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47912,
    "c": 0.16958,
    "h": 21.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8212F

secondary

#5FC5BB

accent

#EAD83E

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FBECEB

border

#D4C7C6

text

#150706

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8212F

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

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