#A8241D#A8241D

#A8241D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.169 H 28.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8241D
RGB	rgb(168, 36, 29)
HSL	hsl(3, 71%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(3, 83%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.6%, 82.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.26, 52.17, 37.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.26, 64.48, 35.99°)
OKLab	oklab(47.92% 0.1487 0.0808)
OKLCH	oklch(47.92% 0.169 28.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.0032, 9.6780, 2.1349)
Luminance	0.0968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8241D #1DA1A8

analogous

#A81D5B #A8241D #A8691D

triadic

#A8241D #1DA824 #241DA8

tetradic

#A8241D #5BA81D #1DA1A8 #691DA8

square

#A8241D #5BA81D #1DA1A8 #691DA8

split-complementary

#A8241D #1DA869 #1D5BA8

monochromatic

#400E0B #741914 #A8241D #DA3128 #E3635C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.16

#A8241D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#A8241D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8241D

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8241D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8241D	1.00	7.16	2.93	7.16
#FFFFFF	7.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E451A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6216

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B90024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8241d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 36, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.169 28.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb6b5a',
    500: '#a8241d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8241d;
$custom-light: #cb6b5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8241d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.022,
    "s": 70.558,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47923,
    "c": 0.16924,
    "h": 28.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8241D

secondary

#5AC2C7

accent

#E4ED3A

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8241D

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

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