#A8242A#A8242A

#A8242A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.168 H 24.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8242A
RGB	rgb(168, 36, 42)
HSL	hsl(357, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(357, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.6%, 75%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.40, 52.63, 30.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.40, 60.86, 30.14°)
OKLab	oklab(48.08% 0.153 0.0687)
OKLCH	oklch(48.08% 0.168 24.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.1993, 9.7565, 3.1676)
Luminance	0.0975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8242A #24A8A2

analogous

#A8246C #A8242A #A86024

triadic

#A8242A #2AA824 #242AA8

tetradic

#A8242A #6CA824 #24A8A2 #6024A8

square

#A8242A #6CA824 #24A8A2 #6024A8

split-complementary

#A8242A #24A860 #246CA8

monochromatic

#430E11 #76191D #A8242A #D4353D #DF686D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.12

#A8242A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#A8242A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8242A

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8242A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8242A	1.00	7.12	2.95	7.12
#FFFFFF	7.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4629

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6225

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B90028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8242a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 36, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.168 24.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6b64',
    500: '#a8242a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8242a;
$custom-light: #ca6b64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8242a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.273,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48075,
    "c": 0.16769,
    "h": 24.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8242A

secondary

#63C4C0

accent

#E8E040

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECEA

border

#D4C7C6

text

#150705

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8242A

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

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