#A8231E#A8231E

#A8231E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.170 H 28.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8231E
RGB	rgb(168, 35, 30)
HSL	hsl(2, 70%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(2, 82%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.2%, 82.1%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.16, 52.51, 37.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.16, 64.38, 35.35°)
OKLab	oklab(47.85% 0.15 0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(47.85% 0.17 28)
XYZ	xyz(16.9859, 9.6234, 2.1912)
Luminance	0.0962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8231E #1EA3A8

analogous

#A81E5E #A8231E #A8681E

triadic

#A8231E #1EA823 #231EA8

tetradic

#A8231E #5EA81E #1EA3A8 #681EA8

square

#A8231E #5EA81E #1EA3A8 #681EA8

split-complementary

#A8231E #1EA868 #1E5EA8

monochromatic

#400D0B #741815 #A8231E #D9312A #E2635E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.18

#A8231E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.92

#A8231E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8231E

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8231E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8231E	1.00	7.18	2.92	7.18
#FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D451C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6217

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B90024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8231e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 35, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.170 28.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb6b5b',
    500: '#a8231e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8231e;
$custom-light: #cb6b5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8231e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.174,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47851,
    "c": 0.16985,
    "h": 28
  },
  "luminance": 0.09621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8231E

secondary

#5BC3C7

accent

#E6ED3B

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8231E

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

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