#A8221E#A8221E

#A8221E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.171 H 27.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8221E
RGB	rgb(168, 34, 30)
HSL	hsl(2, 70%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(2, 82%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.8%, 82.1%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.05, 52.81, 37.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.05, 64.56, 35.12°)
OKLab	oklab(47.77% 0.1509 0.0795)
OKLCH	oklch(47.77% 0.171 27.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.9569, 9.5654, 2.1815)
Luminance	0.0956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8221E #1EA4A8

analogous

#A81E5F #A8221E #A8671E

triadic

#A8221E #1EA822 #221EA8

tetradic

#A8221E #5FA81E #1EA4A8 #671EA8

square

#A8221E #5FA81E #1EA4A8 #671EA8

split-complementary

#A8221E #1EA867 #1E5FA8

monochromatic

#400D0B #741715 #A8221E #D92F2A #E2625E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.21

#A8221E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#A8221E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8221E

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8221E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8221E	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)

#4D451C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6217

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA0023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8221e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 34, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.171 27.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb6a5b',
    500: '#a8221e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8221e;
$custom-light: #cb6a5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8221e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.739,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47771,
    "c": 0.17058,
    "h": 27.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8221E

secondary

#5BC4C7

accent

#E7ED3B

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8221E

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

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