#A8221D#A8221D

#A8221D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.171 H 28.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8221D
RGB	rgb(168, 34, 29)
HSL	hsl(2, 71%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(2, 83%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.8%, 82.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.04, 52.78, 37.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.04, 64.85, 35.53°)
OKLab	oklab(47.76% 0.1506 0.0803)
OKLCH	oklch(47.76% 0.171 28.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.9443, 9.5603, 2.1153)
Luminance	0.0956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8221D #1DA3A8

analogous

#A81D5D #A8221D #A8671D

triadic

#A8221D #1DA822 #221DA8

tetradic

#A8221D #5DA81D #1DA3A8 #671DA8

square

#A8221D #5DA81D #1DA3A8 #671DA8

split-complementary

#A8221D #1DA867 #1D5DA8

monochromatic

#400D0B #741714 #A8221D #DA2F28 #E3615C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.21

#A8221D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#A8221D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8221D

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8221D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8221D	1.00	7.21	2.91	7.21
#FFFFFF	7.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D441A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6216

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA0023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8221d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 34, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.171 28.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb6a5a',
    500: '#a8221d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8221d;
$custom-light: #cb6a5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8221d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.158,
    "s": 70.558,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47761,
    "c": 0.17071,
    "h": 28.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8221D

secondary

#5AC3C7

accent

#E7ED3A

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8221D

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

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