#A8221F#A8221F

#A8221F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.170 H 27.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8221F
RGB	rgb(168, 34, 31)
HSL	hsl(1, 69%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(1, 82%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.8%, 81.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.06, 52.84, 36.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.06, 64.28, 34.71°)
OKLab	oklab(47.78% 0.1512 0.0787)
OKLCH	oklch(47.78% 0.17 27.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.9699, 9.5706, 2.2498)
Luminance	0.0957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8221F #1FA5A8

analogous

#A81F61 #A8221F #A8671F

triadic

#A8221F #1FA822 #221FA8

tetradic

#A8221F #61A81F #1FA5A8 #671FA8

square

#A8221F #61A81F #1FA5A8 #671FA8

split-complementary

#A8221F #1FA867 #1F61A8

monochromatic

#410D0C #741815 #A8221F #D8302C #E26360

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.21

#A8221F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#A8221F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8221F

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8221F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8221F	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)

#4D451D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6218

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B90023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8221f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 34, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.170 27.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb6a5c',
    500: '#a8221f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8221f;
$custom-light: #cb6a5c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8221f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.314,
    "s": 68.844,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47781,
    "c": 0.17046,
    "h": 27.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8221F

secondary

#5DC4C6

accent

#E8EC3C

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8221F

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

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