#A8221A#A8221A

#A8221A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.171 H 28.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8221A
RGB	rgb(168, 34, 26)
HSL	hsl(3, 73%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(3, 85%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.8%, 84.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.02, 52.70, 39.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.02, 65.71, 36.69°)
OKLab	oklab(47.73% 0.1498 0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(47.73% 0.171 28.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.9090, 9.5462, 1.9294)
Luminance	0.0954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8221A #1AA0A8

analogous

#A81A59 #A8221A #A8691A

triadic

#A8221A #1AA822 #221AA8

tetradic

#A8221A #59A81A #1AA0A8 #691AA8

square

#A8221A #59A81A #1AA0A8 #691AA8

split-complementary

#A8221A #1AA869 #1A59A8

monochromatic

#3E0D0A #731712 #A8221A #DD2D22 #E55F57

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.22

#A8221A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#A8221A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8221A

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8221A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8221A	1.00	7.22	2.91	7.22
#FFFFFF	7.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4417

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6212

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA0022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8221a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 34, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.171 28.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc6a58',
    500: '#a8221a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8221a;
$custom-light: #cc6a58;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8221a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.38,
    "s": 73.196,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47734,
    "c": 0.17107,
    "h": 28.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8221A

secondary

#55C2C8

accent

#E6F038

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150703

muted

#837A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8221A

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

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