#A8242D#A8242D

#A8242D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.167 H 23.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8242D
RGB	rgb(168, 36, 45)
HSL	hsl(356, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(356, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.6%, 73.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.44, 52.76, 28.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.44, 60.10, 28.62°)
OKLab	oklab(48.12% 0.154 0.0655)
OKLCH	oklch(48.12% 0.167 23)
XYZ	xyz(17.2550, 9.7787, 3.4611)
Luminance	0.0978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8242D #24A89F

analogous

#A8246F #A8242D #A85D24

triadic

#A8242D #2DA824 #242DA8

tetradic

#A8242D #6FA824 #24A89F #5D24A8

square

#A8242D #6FA824 #24A89F #5D24A8

split-complementary

#A8242D #24A85D #246FA8

monochromatic

#430E12 #761920 #A8242D #D43540 #DF6870

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.11

#A8242D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96

#A8242D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8242D

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8242D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8242D	1.00	7.11	2.96	7.11
#FFFFFF	7.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C462C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6228

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B90029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8242d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 36, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.167 23.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6b66',
    500: '#a8242d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8242d;
$custom-light: #ca6b66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8242d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.909,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48118,
    "c": 0.1674,
    "h": 23
  },
  "luminance": 0.09776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8242D

secondary

#63C4BE

accent

#E8DC40

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FBECEB

border

#D4C7C6

text

#150706

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8242D

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

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