#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
RGBrgb(168, 34, 30)
HSLhsl(2, 70%, 39%)
HSVhsv(2, 82%, 66%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 79.8%, 82.1%, 34.1%)
CIE-LABlab(37.05, 52.81, 37.15)
CIE-LCHlch(37.05, 64.56, 35.12°)
OKLaboklab(47.77% 0.1509 0.0795)
OKLCHoklch(47.77% 0.171 27.8)
XYZxyz(16.9569, 9.5654, 2.1815)
Luminance0.0956 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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
##A8221E1.007.212.917.21
#FFFFFF7.211.0021.001.00
#0000002.9121.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF7.211.0021.001.00

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

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#A8221E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva