#A8242E#A8242E

#A8242E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.167 H 22.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8242E
RGB	rgb(168, 36, 46)
HSL	hsl(355, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(355, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.6%, 72.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.46, 52.81, 28.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.46, 59.86, 28.10°)
OKLab	oklab(48.13% 0.1544 0.0644)
OKLCH	oklch(48.13% 0.167 22.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.2745, 9.7865, 3.5637)
Luminance	0.0978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8242E #24A89E

analogous

#A82470 #A8242E #A85C24

triadic

#A8242E #2EA824 #242EA8

tetradic

#A8242E #70A824 #24A89E #5C24A8

square

#A8242E #70A824 #24A89E #5C24A8

split-complementary

#A8242E #24A85C #2470A8

monochromatic

#430E12 #761920 #A8242E #D43541 #DF6871

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.10

#A8242E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96

#A8242E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8242E

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8242E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8242E	1.00	7.10	2.96	7.10
#FFFFFF	7.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C462D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6229

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B90029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8242e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 36, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.167 22.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6b66',
    500: '#a8242e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8242e;
$custom-light: #ca6b66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8242e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.455,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48133,
    "c": 0.16731,
    "h": 22.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8242E

secondary

#63C4BD

accent

#E8DB40

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FBECEB

border

#D4C7C6

text

#150706

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8242E

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

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