#A8242C#A8242C

#A8242C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.168 H 23.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8242C
RGB	rgb(168, 36, 44)
HSL	hsl(356, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(356, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.6%, 73.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.43, 52.72, 29.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.43, 60.35, 29.13°)
OKLab	oklab(48.1% 0.1537 0.0666)
OKLCH	oklch(48.1% 0.168 23.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.2360, 9.7711, 3.3609)
Luminance	0.0977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8242C #24A8A0

analogous

#A8246E #A8242C #A85E24

triadic

#A8242C #2CA824 #242CA8

tetradic

#A8242C #6EA824 #24A8A0 #5E24A8

square

#A8242C #6EA824 #24A8A0 #5E24A8

split-complementary

#A8242C #24A85E #246EA8

monochromatic

#430E12 #76191F #A8242C #D4353F #DF686F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.11

#A8242C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#A8242C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8242C

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8242C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8242C	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)

#4C462B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6227

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B90029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8242c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 36, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.168 23.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6b65',
    500: '#a8242c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8242c;
$custom-light: #ca6b65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8242c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.364,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48103,
    "c": 0.1675,
    "h": 23.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8242C

secondary

#63C4BF

accent

#E8DE40

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FBECEB

border

#D4C7C6

text

#150705

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8242C

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

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