#A8242B#A8242B

#A8242B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.168 H 23.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8242B
RGB	rgb(168, 36, 43)
HSL	hsl(357, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(357, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.6%, 74.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.41, 52.67, 29.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.41, 60.60, 29.64°)
OKLab	oklab(48.09% 0.1533 0.0677)
OKLCH	oklch(48.09% 0.168 23.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.2174, 9.7637, 3.2631)
Luminance	0.0976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8242B #24A8A1

analogous

#A8246D #A8242B #A85F24

triadic

#A8242B #2BA824 #242BA8

tetradic

#A8242B #6DA824 #24A8A1 #5F24A8

square

#A8242B #6DA824 #24A8A1 #5F24A8

split-complementary

#A8242B #24A85F #246DA8

monochromatic

#430E11 #76191E #A8242B #D4353E #DF686E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.11

#A8242B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#A8242B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8242B

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8242B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8242B	1.00	7.11	2.95	7.11
#FFFFFF	7.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D462A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6226

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B90028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8242b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 36, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.168 23.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6b64',
    500: '#a8242b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8242b;
$custom-light: #ca6b64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8242b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.818,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48089,
    "c": 0.16759,
    "h": 23.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8242B

secondary

#63C4BF

accent

#E8DF40

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FBECEB

border

#D4C7C6

text

#150705

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8242B

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

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