#A8241E#A8241E

#A8241E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.169 H 28.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8241E
RGB	rgb(168, 36, 30)
HSL	hsl(3, 70%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(3, 82%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.6%, 82.1%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.27, 52.20, 37.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.27, 64.19, 35.59°)
OKLab	oklab(47.93% 0.149 0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(47.93% 0.169 28.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.0158, 9.6831, 2.2011)
Luminance	0.0968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8241E #1EA2A8

analogous

#A81E5D #A8241E #A8691E

triadic

#A8241E #1EA824 #241EA8

tetradic

#A8241E #5DA81E #1EA2A8 #691EA8

square

#A8241E #5DA81E #1EA2A8 #691EA8

split-complementary

#A8241E #1EA869 #1E5DA8

monochromatic

#400E0B #741915 #A8241E #D9322A #E2645E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.15

#A8241E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#A8241E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8241E

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8241E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8241E	1.00	7.15	2.94	7.15
#FFFFFF	7.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E451C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6217

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B90024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8241e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 36, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.169 28.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb6b5b',
    500: '#a8241e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8241e;
$custom-light: #cb6b5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8241e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.609,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47932,
    "c": 0.16911,
    "h": 28.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8241E

secondary

#5BC2C7

accent

#E5ED3B

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8241E

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

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